Composition for noxious organisms-controlling agent and method for using the same

ABSTRACT

The present invention relates to a composition for noxious organisms-controlling agent having a synergistic effect and a method for using said composition, which comprises, as active ingredients thereof, one or more compounds selected from the phthalamide derivatives represented by general formula (I) being useful as an insecticide or acaricide and one or more compounds selected from the compounds having insecticidal, acaricidal or nematocidal activity: 
                         
wherein R 1 , R 2  and R 3  may be the same or different and each represent hydrogen atom, C 3 -C 6  cycloalkyl, -A 1 -Qp, etc., each of X and Y may be the same or different and represents hydrogen atom, halogen atom, etc., n is an integer of 1 to 4, m is an integer of 1 to 5, and each of Z 1  and Z 2  represents O or S.

This is a continuation application of U.S. application Ser. No. 10/475,030 filed Oct. 16, 2003, which is now U.S. Pat. No. 7,361,653.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to a composition for noxious organisms-controlling agent having a synergistic effect and a method for using said composition, which comprises a phthalamide derivative represented by general formula (I) being useful as an insecticide or acaricide and one or more compounds selected from the compounds having insecticidal, acaricidal or nematocidal activity.

BACKGROUND ART

The phthalamide derivatives of the present invention represented by general formula (I) are known compounds disclosed in JP-A-11-240857 and JP-A-2001-131141, wherein it is mentioned that these compounds have an insecticidal or acaricidal activity.

On the other hand, the compounds having insecticidal, acaricidal or nematocidal activity, as the second active ingredient of the present invention, are known compounds as disclosed in The Pesticide Manual Eleventh Edition 1997, etc.

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION

There exist many noxious organisms which are difficult or impossible to control by the use of a single member selected from the phthalamide derivatives represented by the general formula (I) of the present invention and the insecticidal, acaricidal or nematocidal compounds. Accordingly, it is expected that discovery of the means and method for the effective control of such noxious organisms will lead to a more effective production of crop plants.

With the aim of solving the problem mentioned above, the present inventors have conducted extensive studies. As a result, it has been found that a plurality of noxious organisms can be controlled effectively by the combined use of one or more compounds selected from the phthalamide derivatives represented by the general formula (I) and one or more compounds selected from the insecticidal, acaricidal or nematocidal compounds. The present invention has been accomplished on the basis of this finding.

The present invention relates to a composition for noxious organisms-controlling agent comprising, as active ingredients thereof, one or more compounds selected from the phthalamide derivatives represented by the general formula (I):

wherein R¹, R² and R³, which may be the same or different, each represent a hydrogen atom, a C₃-C₆ cycloalkyl group, a halo C₃-C₆ cycloalkyl group or -A¹-Q_(p) (in this formula, A¹ represents a C₁-C₈ alkylene group, a C₃-C₆ alkenylene group or a C₃-C₆ alkynylene group; Q represents a hydrogen atom; a halogen atom; a cyano group; a nitro group; a halo C₁-C₆ alkyl group; a C₃-C₆ cycloalkyl group; a halo C₃-C₆ cycloalkyl group; a C₁-C₆ alkoxycarbonyl group; a di C₁-C₆ alkoxyphosphoryl group in which the alkoxy groups may be the same or different; a di C₁-C₆ alkoxythiophosphoryl group in which the alkoxy groups may be the same or different; a diphenylphosphino group; a diphenylphosphono group; a phenyl group; a substituted phenyl group having at least one, the same or different substituents selected from the group consisting of halogen atom, C₁-C₆ alkyl group, halo C₁-C₆ alkyl group, C₁-C₆ alkoxy group, halo C₁-C₆ alkoxy group, C₁-C₆ alkylthio group, halo C₁-C₆ alkylthio group, C₁-C₆ alkylsulfinyl group, halo C₁-C₆ alkylsulfinyl group, C₁-C₆ alkylsulfonyl group and halo C₁-C₆ alkylsulfonyl group; a heterocyclic group (the term heterocyclic group means a pyridyl group, a pyridine-N-oxide group, a pyrimidinyl group, a furyl group, a tetrahydrofuryl group, a thienyl group, a tetrahydrothienyl group, a tetrahydropyranyl group, a tetrahydrothiopyranyl group, an oxazolyl group, an isoxazolyl group, an oxadiazolyl group, a thiazolyl group, an isothiazolyl group, a thiadiazolyl group, an imidazolyl group, a triazolyl group or a pyrazolyl group); a substituted heterocyclic group (the term heterocyclic group is as defined above) having at least one, the same or different substituents selected from the group consisting of halogen atom, C₁-C₆alkyl group, halo C₁-C₆ alkyl group, C₁-C₆ alkoxy group, halo C₁-C₆ alkoxy group, C₁-C₆ alkylthio group, halo C₁-C₆ alkylthio group, C₁-C₆ alkylsulfinyl group, halo C₁-C₆ alkylsulfinyl group, C₁-C₆ alkylsulfonyl group and halo C₁-C₆ alkylsulfonyl group; or —Z³—R⁴ (in this formula, Z³ represents —O—, —S—, —SO—, —SO₂— or —N(R⁵)— (in this formula, R⁵ represents a hydrogen atom; a C₁-C₆ alkylcarbonyl group; a halo C₁-C₆ alkylcarbonyl group; a C₁-C₆ alkoxycarbonyl group; a phenylcarbonyl group; a substituted phenylcarbonyl group having at least one, the same or different substituents selected from the group consisting of halogen atom, C₁-C₆alkyl group, halo C₁-C₆ alkyl group, C₁-C₆ alkoxy group, halo C₁-C₆ alkoxy group, C₁-C₆ alkylthio group, halo C₁-C₆ alkylthio group, C₁-C₆ alkylsulfinyl group, halo C₁-C₆ alkylsulfinyl group, C₁-C₆ alkylsulfonyl group and halo C₁-C₆ alkylsulfonyl group; a phenyl C₁-C₄ alkoxycarbonyl group; or a substituted phenyl C₁-C₄ alkoxycarbonyl group having, on the ring thereof, at least one, the same or different substituents selected from the group consisting of halogen atom, C₁-C₆ alkyl group, halo C₁-C₆ alkyl group, C₁-C₆ alkoxy group, halo C₁-C₆ alkoxy group, C₁-C₆ alkylthio group, halo C₁-C₆ alkylthio group, C₁-C₆ alkylsulfinyl group, halo C₁-C₆ alkylsulfinyl group, C₁-C₆ alkylsulfonyl group and halo C₁-C₆ alkylsulfonyl group), and R⁴ represents a hydrogen atom; a C₁-C₆ alkyl group; a halo C₁-C₆ alkyl group; a C₃-C₆ alkenyl group; a halo C₃-C₆ alkenyl group; a C₃-C₆ alkynyl group; a halo C₃-C₆ alkynyl group; a C₃-C₆ cycloalkyl group; a halo C₃-C₆ cycloalkyl group; a C₁-C₆ alkylcarbonyl group; a halo C₁-C₆ alkylcarbonyl group; a C₁-C₆ alkoxycarbonyl group; a phenyl group; a substituted phenyl group having at least one, the same or different substituents selected from the group consisting of halogen atom, C₁-C₆ alkyl group, halo C₁-C₆ alkyl group, C₁-C₆ alkoxy group, halo C₁-C₆ alkoxy group, C₁-C₆ alkylthio group, halo C₁-C₆ alkylthio group, C₁-C₆ alkylsulfinyl group, halo C₁-C₆ alkylsulfinyl group, C₁-C₆ alkylsulfonyl group and halo C₁-C₆ alkylsulfonyl group; a phenyl C₁-C₄ alkyl group; a substituted phenyl C₁-C₄ alkyl group having, on the ring thereof, at least one, the same or different substituents selected from the group consisting of halogen atom, C₁-C₆ alkyl group, halo C₁-C₆ alkyl group, C₁-C₆ alkoxy group, halo C₁-C₆ alkoxy group, C₁-C₆ alkylthio group, halo C₁-C₆ alkylthio group, C₁-C₆ alkylsulfinyl group, halo C₁-C₆ alkylsulfinyl group, C₁-C₆ alkylsulfonyl group and halo C₁-C₆ alkylsulfonyl group; a heterocyclic group (the term heterocyclic group is as defined above); or a substituted heterocyclic group (the term heterocyclic group is as defined above) having at least one, the same or different substituents selected from the group consisting of halogen atom, C₁-C₆ alkyl group, halo C₁-C₆ alkyl group, C₁-C₆ alkoxy group, halo C₁-C₆ alkoxy group, C₁-C₆ alkylthio group, halo C₁-C₆ alkylthio group, C₁-C₆ alkylsulfinyl group, halo C₁-C₆ alkylsulfinyl group, C₁-C₆ alkylsulfonyl group and halo C₁-C₆ alkylsulfonyl group); and p represents an integer of 1-4); and R¹ and R² may be taken conjointly to form a 4- to 7-membered ring which may be interrupted by one to three, the same or different hetero atoms selected from oxygen atom, sulfur atom and nitrogen atom;

X may be the same or different and represents a hydrogen atom; a halogen atom; a cyano group; a nitro group; a C₃-C₆ cycloalkyl group; a halo C₃-C₆ cycloalkyl group; a phenyl group; a substituted phenyl group having at least one, the same or different substituents selected from the group consisting of halogen atom, C₁-C₆ alkyl group, halo C₁-C₆ alkyl group, C₁-C₆ alkoxy group, halo C₁-C₆ alkoxy group, C₁-C₆ alkylthio group, halo C₁-C₆ alkylthio group, C₁-C₆ alkylsulfinyl group, halo C₁-C₆ alkylsulfinyl group, C₁-C₆ alkylsulfonyl group and halo C₁-C₆ alkylsulfonyl group; a heterocyclic group (the term heterocyclic group is as defined above); a substituted heterocyclic group (the term heterocyclic group is as defined above) having at least one, the same or different substituents selected from the group consisting of halogen atom, C₁-C₆ alkyl group, halo C₁-C₆ alkyl group, C₁-C₆ alkoxy group, halo C₁-C₆ alkoxy group, C₁-C₆ alkylthio group, halo C₁-C₆ alkylthio group, C₁-C₆ alkylsulfinyl group, halo C₁-C₆ alkylsulfinyl group, C₁-C₆ alkylsulfonyl group and halo C₁-C₆ alkylsulfonyl group; or -A²-R⁶ (in this formula, A² represents —O—, —S—, —SO—, —SO₂—, —C(═O)—, —C(═NOR⁷)— (in this formula, R⁷ represents a hydrogen atom, a C₁-C₆ alkyl group, a halo C₁-C₆ alkyl group, a C₃-C₆ alkenyl group, a halo C₃-C₆ alkenyl group, a C₃-C₆ alkynyl group, a cyclo C₃-C₆ alkyl group, a phenyl C₁-C₄ alkyl group or a substituted phenyl C₁-C₄ alkyl group having, on the ring thereof, at least one, the same or different substituents selected from the group consisting of halogen atom, C₁-C₆ alkyl group, halo C₁-C₆ alkyl group, C₁-C₆ alkoxy group, halo C₁-C₆ alkoxy group, C₁-C₆ alkylthio group, halo C₁-C₆ alkylthio group, C₁-C₆ alkylsulfinyl group, halo C₁-C₆ alkylsulfinyl group, C₁-C₆ alkylsulfonyl group and halo C₁-C₆ alkylsulfonyl group), a C₁-C₆ alkylene group, a halo C₁-C₆ alkylene group, a C₂-C₆ alkenylene group, a halo C₂-C₆ alkenylene group, a C₂-C₆ alkynylene group or a halo C₃-C₆ alkynylene group, and

(1) in a case where A² represents —O—, —S—, —SO— or —SO₂—, R⁶ represents a halo C₃-C₆ cycloalkyl group; a halo C₃-C₆ cycloalkenyl group; a phenyl group; a substituted phenyl group having at least one, the same or different substituents selected from the group consisting of halogen atom, C₁-C₆ alkyl group, halo C₁-C₆ alkyl group, C₁-C₆ alkoxy group, halo C₁-C₆ alkoxy group, C₁-C₆ alkylthio group, halo C₁-C₆ alkylthio group, C₁-C₆ alkylsulfinyl group, halo C₁-C₆ alkylsulfinyl group, C₁-C₆ alkylsulfonyl group and halo C₁-C₆ alkylsulfonyl group; a heterocyclic group (the term heterocyclic group is as defined above); a substituted heterocyclic group (the term heterocyclic group is as defined above) having at least one, the same or different substituents selected from the group consisting of halogen atom, C₁-C₆ alkyl group, halo C₁-C₆ alkyl group, C₁-C₆ alkoxy group, halo C₁-C₆ alkoxy group, C₁-C₆ alkylthio group, halo C₁-C₆ alkylthio group, C₁-C₆ alkylsulfinyl group, halo C₁-C₆ alkylsulfinyl group, C₁-C₆ alkylsulfonyl group and halo C₁-C₆ alkylsulfonyl group; or -A³-R⁸ (in this formula, A³ represents a C₁-C₆ alkylene group, a halo C₁-C₆ alkylene group, a C₃-C₆ alkenylene group, a halo C₃-C₆ alkenylene group, a C₃-C₆ alkynylene group or a halo C₃-C₆ alkynylene group, and R³ represents a hydrogen atom; a halogen atom; a C₃-C₆ cycloalkyl group; a halo C₃-C₆ cycloalkyl group; a C₁-C₆ alkoxycarbonyl group; a phenyl group; a substituted phenyl group having at least one, the same or different substituents selected from the group consisting of halogen atom, C₁-C₆ alkyl group, halo C₁-C₆ alkyl group, C₁-C₆ alkoxy group, halo C₁-C₆ alkoxy group, C₁-C₆ alkylthio group, halo C₁-C₆ alkylthio group, C₁-C₆ alkylsulfinyl group, halo C₁-C₆ alkylsulfinyl group, C₁-C₆ alkylsulfonyl group and halo C₁-C₆ alkylsulfonyl group; or -A⁴-R⁹ (in this formula, A⁴ represents —O—, —S—, —SO—, —SO₂— or —C(═O), and R⁹ represents a C₁-C₆ alkyl group; a halo C₁-C₆ alkyl group; a C₃-C₆ alkenyl group; a halo C₃-C₆ alkenyl group; a C₃-C₆ cycloalkyl group; a halo C₃-C₆ cycloalkyl group; a phenyl group; a substituted phenyl group having at least one, the same or different substituents selected from the group consisting of halogen atom, C₁-C₆ alkyl group, halo C₁-C₆ alkyl group, C₁-C₆ alkoxy group, halo C₁-C₆ alkoxy group, C₁-C₆ alkylthio group, halo C₁-C₆ alkylthio group, C₁-C₆ alkylsulfinyl group, halo C₁-C₆ alkylsulfinyl group, C₁-C₆ alkylsulfonyl group and halo C₁-C₆ alkylsulfonyl group; a heterocyclic group (the term heterocyclic group is as defined above); or a substituted heterocyclic group (the term heterocyclic group is as defined above) having at least one, the same or different substituents selected from the group consisting of halogen atom, C₁-C₆ alkyl group, halo C₁-C₆ alkyl group, C₁-C₆ alkoxy group, halo C₁-C₆ alkoxy group, C₁-C₆ alkylthio group, halo C₁-C₆ alkylthio group, C₁-C₆ alkylsulfinyl group, halo C₁-C₆ alkylsulfinyl group, C₁-C₆ alkylsulfonyl group and halo C₁-C₆ alkylsulfonyl group)), (2) in a case where A² represents —C(═O)— or —C(═NOR⁷)— (in this formula, R⁷ is as defined above), R⁶ represents a C₁-C₆ alkyl group; a halo C₁-C₆ alkyl group; a C₂-C₆ alkenyl group; a halo C₂-C₆ alkenyl group; a C₃-C₆ cycloalkyl group; a halo C₃-C₆ cycloalkyl group; a C₁-C₆ alkoxy group; a C₁-C₆ alkylthio group; a mono C₁-C₆ alkylamino group; a di C₁-C₆ alkylamino group in which the alkyl groups may be the same or different; a phenyl group; a substituted phenyl group having at least one, the same or different substituents selected from the group consisting of halogen atom, C₁-C₆ alkyl group, halo C₁-C₆ alkyl group, C₁-C₆ alkoxy group, halo C₁-C₆ alkoxy group, C₁-C₆ alkylthio group, halo C₁-C₆ alkylthio group, C₁-C₆ alkylsulfinyl group, halo C₁-C₆ alkylsulfinyl group, C₁-C₆ alkylsulfonyl group and halo C₁-C₆ alkylsulfonyl group; a phenylamino group; a substituted phenylamino group having, on the ring thereof, at least one, the same or different substituents selected from the group consisting of halogen atom, C₁-C₆ alkyl group, halo C₁-C₆ alkyl group, C₁-C₆ alkoxy group, halo C₁-C₆ alkoxy group, C₁-C₆ alkylthio group, halo C₁-C₆ alkylthio group, C₁-C₆ alkylsulfinyl group, halo C₁-C₆ alkylsulfinyl group, C₁-C₆ alkylsulfonyl group and halo C₁-C₆ alkylsulfonyl group; a heterocyclic group (the term heterocyclic group is as defined above); or a substituted heterocyclic group (the term heterocyclic group is as defined above) having at least one, the same or different substituents selected from the group consisting of halogen atom, C₁-C₆ alkyl group, halo C₁-C₆ alkyl group, C₁-C₆ alkoxy group, halo C₁-C₆ alkoxy group, C₁-C₆ alkylthio group, halo C₁-C₆ alkylthio group, C₁-C₆ alkylsulfinyl group, halo C₁-C₆ alkylsulfinyl group, C₁-C₆ alkylsulfonyl group and halo C₁-C₆ alkylsulfonyl group, and (3) in a case where A² represents a C₁-C₆ alkylene group, a halo C₁-C₆ alkylene group, a C₂-C₆ alkenylene group, a halo C₂-C₆ alkenylene group, a C₂-C₆ alkynylene group or a halo C₃-C₆ alkynylene group, R⁶ represents a hydrogen atom; a halogen atom; a C₃-C₆ cycloalkyl group; a halo C₃-C₆ cycloalkyl group; a C₁-C₆ alkoxycarbonyl group; a phenyl group; a substituted phenyl group having at least one, the same or different substituents selected from the group consisting of halogen atom, C₁-C₆ alkyl group, halo C₁-C₆ alkyl group, C₁-C₆ alkoxy group, halo C₁-C₆ alkoxy group, C₁-C₆ alkylthio group, halo C₁-C₆ alkylthio group, C₁-C₆ alkylsulfinyl group, halo C₁-C₆ alkylsulfinyl group, C₁-C₆ alkylsulfonyl group and halo C₁-C₆ alkylsulfonyl group; a heterocyclic group (the term heterocyclic group is as defined above); a substituted heterocyclic group (the term heterocyclic group is as defined above) having at least one, the same or different substituents selected from the group consisting of halogen atom, C₁-C₆ alkyl group, halo C₁-C₆ alkyl group, C₁-C₆ alkoxy group, halo C₁-C₆ alkoxy group, C₁-C₆ alkylthio group, halo C₁-C₆ alkylthio group, C₁-C₆ alkylsulfinyl group, halo C₁-C₆ alkylsulfinyl group, C₁-C₆ alkylsulfonyl group and halo C₁-C₆ alkylsulfonyl group; or -A⁵-R¹⁰ (in this formula, A⁵ represents —O—, —S—, —SO— or —SO₂—, and R¹⁰ represents a C₃-C₆ cycloalkyl group; a halo C₃-C₆ cycloalkyl group; a phenyl group; a substituted phenyl group having at least one, the same or different substituents selected from the group consisting of halogen atom, C₁-C₆ alkyl group, halo C₁-C₆ alkyl group, C₁-C₆ alkoxy group, halo C₁-C₆ alkoxy group, C₁-C₆ alkylthio group, halo C₁-C₆ alkylthio group, C₁-C₆ alkylsulfinyl group, halo C₁-C₆ alkylsulfinyl group, C₁-C₆ alkylsulfonyl group and halo C₁-C₆ alkylsulfonyl group; a heterocyclic group (the term heterocyclic group is as defined above); a substituted heterocyclic group (the term heterocyclic group is as defined above) having at least one, the same or different substituents selected from the group consisting of halogen atom, C₁-C₆ alkyl group, halo C₁-C₆ alkyl group, C₁-C₆ alkoxy group, halo C₁-C₆ alkoxy group, C₁-C₆ alkylthio group, halo C₁-C₆ alkylthio group, C₁-C₆ alkylsulfinyl group, halo C₁-C₆ alkylsulfinyl group, C₁-C₆ alkylsulfonyl group and halo C₁-C₆ alkylsulfonyl group; or -A⁶-R¹¹ (in this formula, A⁶ represents a C₁-C₆ alkylene group; a halo C₁-C₆ alkylene group; a C₂-C₆ alkenylene group; a halo C₂-C₆ alkenylene group; a C₂-C₆ alkynylene group; or a halo C₃-C₆ alkynylene group; and R¹¹ represents a hydrogen atom; a halogen atom; a C₃-C₆ cycloalkyl group; a halo C₃-C₆ cycloalkyl group; a C₁-C₆ alkoxy group; a halo C₁-C₆ alkoxy group; a C₁-C₆ alkylthio group; a halo C₁-C₆ alkylthio group; a C₁-C₆ alkylsulfinyl group; a halo C₁-C₆ alkylsulfinyl group; a C₁-C₆ alkylsulfonyl group; a halo C₁-C₆ alkylsulfonyl group; a phenyl group; a substituted phenyl group having at least one, the same or different substituents selected from the group consisting of halogen atom, C₁-C₆ alkyl group, halo C₁-C₆ alkyl group, C₁-C₆ alkoxy group, halo C₁-C₆ alkoxy group, C₁-C₆ alkylthio group, halo C₁-C₆ alkylthio group, C₁-C₆ alkylsulfinyl group, halo C₁-C₆ alkylsulfinyl group, C₁-C₆ alkylsulfonyl group and halo C₁-C₆ alkylsulfonyl group; a phenoxy group; a substituted phenoxy group having at least one, the same or different substituents selected from the group consisting of halogen atom, C₁-C₆ alkyl group, halo C₁-C₆ alkyl group, C₁-C₆ alkoxy group, halo C₁-C₆ alkoxy group, C₁-C₆ alkylthio group, halo C₁-C₆ alkylthio group, C₁-C₆ alkylsulfinyl group, halo C₁-C₆ alkylsulfinyl group, C₁-C₆ alkylsulfonyl group and halo C₁-C₆ alkylsulfonyl group; a phenylthio group; a substituted phenylthio group having at least one, the same or different substituents selected from the group consisting of halogen atom, C₁-C₆ alkyl group, halo C₁-C₆ alkyl group, C₁-C₆ alkoxy group, halo C₁-C₆ alkoxy group, C₁-C₆ alkylthio group, halo C₁-C₆ alkylthio group, C₁-C₆ alkylsulfinyl group, halo C₁-C₆ alkylsulfinyl group, C₁-C₆ alkylsulfonyl group and halo C₁-C₆ alkylsulfonyl group; a heterocyclic group (the term heterocyclic group is as defined above; or a substituted heterocyclic group (the term heterocyclic group is as defined above) having at least one, the same or different substituents selected from the group consisting of halogen atom, C₁-C₆ alkyl group, halo C₁-C₆ alkyl group, C₁-C₆ alkoxy group, halo C₁-C₆ alkoxy group, C₁-C₆ alkylthio group, halo C₁-C₆ alkylthio group, C₁-C₆ alkylsulfinyl group, halo C₁-C₆ alkylsulfinyl group, C₁-C₆ alkylsulfonyl group and halo C₁-C₆ alkylsulfonyl group))), and

n represents an integer of 1-4;

and X may be taken conjointly together with an adjacent carbon atom on the phenyl ring to form a condensed ring (the term condensed ring means naphthalene, tetrahydronaphthalene, indene, indane, quinoline, quinazoline, chromane, isochromane, indole, indoline, benzodioxane, benzodioxole, benzofuran, dihydrobenzofuran, benzothiophene, dihydrobenzothiophene, benzoxazole, benzothiazole, benzimidazole or indazole), and said condensed ring may have at least one, the same or different substituents selected from the group consisting of halogen atom, C₁-C₆ alkyl group, halo C₁-C₆ alkyl group, C₁-C₆ alkoxy group, halo C₁-C₆ alkoxy group, C₁-C₆ alkylthio group, halo C₁-C₆ alkylthio group, C₁-C₆ alkylsulfinyl group, halo C₁-C₆ alkylsulfinyl group, C₁-C₆ alkylsulfonyl group, halo C₁-C₆ alkylsulfonyl group, phenyl group, substituted phenyl group having at least one, the same or different substituents selected from the group consisting of halogen atom, C₁-C₆ alkyl group, halo C₁-C₆ alkyl group, C₁-C₆ alkoxy group, halo C₁-C₆ alkoxy group, C₁-C₆ alkylthio group, halo C₁-C₆ alkylthio group, C₁-C₆ alkylsulfinyl group, halo C₁-C₆ alkylsulfinyl group, C₁-C₆ alkylsulfonyl group and halo C₁-C₆ alkylsulfonyl group, heterocyclic group (the term heterocyclic group is as defined above) and substituted heterocyclic group (the term heterocyclic group is as defined above) having at least one, the same or different substituents selected from the group consisting of halogen atom, C₁-C₆ alkyl group, halo C₁-C₆ alkyl group, C₁-C₆ alkoxy group, halo C₁-C₆ alkoxy group, C₁-C₆ alkylthio group, halo C₁-C₆ alkylthio group, C₁-C₆ alkylsulfinyl group, halo C₁-C₆ alkylsulfinyl group, C₁-C₆ alkylsulfonyl group and halo C₁-C₆ alkylsulfonyl group; and

Y may be the same or different and represents a hydrogen atom; a halogen atom; a cyano group; a nitro group; a halo C₃-C₆ cycloalkyl group; a phenyl group; a substituted phenyl group having at least one, the same or different substituents selected from the group consisting of halogen atom, C₁-C₆ alkyl group, halo C₁-C₆ alkyl group, C₁-C₆ alkoxy group, halo C₁-C₆ alkoxy group, C₁-C₆ alkylthio group, halo C₁-C₆ alkylthio group, C₁-C₆ alkylsulfinyl group, halo C₁-C₆ alkylsulfinyl group, C₁-C₆ alkylsulfonyl group and halo C₁-C₆ alkylsulfonyl group; a heterocyclic group (the term heterocyclic group is as defined above); a substituted heterocyclic group (the term heterocyclic group is as defined above) having at least one, the same or different substituents selected from the group consisting of halogen atom, C₁-C₆ alkyl group, halo C₁-C₆ alkyl group, C₁-C₆ alkoxy group, halo C₁-C₆ alkoxy group, C₁-C₆ alkylthio group, halo C₁-C₆ alkylthio group, C₁-C₆ alkylsulfinyl group, halo C₁-C₆ alkylsulfinyl group, C₁-C₆ alkylsulfonyl group and halo C₁-C₆ alkylsulfonyl group; or -A²-R⁶ (in this formula, A² and R⁶ are as defined above); and m represents an integer of 1-5; and

Y may be taken conjointly together with an adjacent carbon atom on the phenyl ring to form a condensed ring (the term condensed ring is as defined above), and said condensed ring may have at least one, the same or different substituents selected from the group consisting of halogen atom, C₁-C₆ alkyl group, halo C₁-C₆ alkyl group, C₁-C₆ alkoxy group, halo C₁-C₆ alkoxy group, C₁-C₆ alkylthio group, halo C₁-C₆ alkylthio group, C₁-C₆ alkylsulfinyl group, halo C₁-C₆ alkylsulfinyl group, C₁-C₆ alkylsulfonyl group, halo C₁-C₆ alkylsulfonyl group, phenyl group, substituted phenyl group having at least one, the same or different substituents selected from the group consisting of halogen atom, C₁-C₆ alkyl group, halo C₁-C₆ alkyl group, C₁-C₆ alkoxy group, halo C₁-C₆ alkoxy group, C₁-C₆ alkylthio group, halo C₁-C₆ alkylthio group, C₁-C₆ alkylsulfinyl group, halo C₁-C₆ alkylsulfinyl group, C₁-C₆ alkylsulfonyl group and halo C₁-C₆ alkylsulfonyl group, heterocyclic group (the term heterocyclic group is as defined above) and substituted heterocyclic group (the term heterocyclic group is as defined above) having at least one, the same or different substituents selected from the group consisting of halogen atom, C₁-C₆ alkyl group, halo C₁-C₆ alkyl group, C₁-C₆ alkoxy group, halo C₁-C₆ alkoxy group, C₁-C₆ alkylthio group, halo C₁-C₆ alkylthio group, C₁-C₆ alkylsulfinyl group, halo C₁-C₆ alkylsulfinyl group, C₁-C₆ alkylsulfonyl group and halo C₁-C₆ alkylsulfonyl group; and

Z¹ and Z² represent an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom; and

one or more compounds selected from compounds having an insecticidal, acaricidal or nematocidal activity;

and to a method for using said composition.

The noxious organisms-controlling agent of the present invention exhibits a marked effect even when dosage thereof is so low that any of the ingredients constituting said agent can exhibit no effect at such a low dosage if used singly, and exhibits a marked controlling effect against noxious organisms and agent-resistant noxious organisms which cannot be controlled with any of the single ingredients.

MODE FOR PRACTICE OF THE INVENTION

In the definition of general formula (I) representing the phthalamide derivative of this invention, the term “halogen atom” means chlorine atom, bromine atom, iodine atom or fluorine atom; “C₁-C₆ alkyl” means a straight or branched chain alkyl group having 1-6 carbon atoms such as methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, i-propyl, n-butyl, i-butyl, s-butyl, t-butyl, n-pentyl, n-hexyl and the like; “halo C₁-C₆ alkyl” means a straight or branched chain alkyl group having 1-6 carbon atoms which is substituted with at least one, the same or different halogen atoms; “C₁-C₈ alkylene” means a straight or branched chain alkylene group having 1-8 carbon atoms such as methylene, ethylene, propylene, trimethylene, dimethylmethylene, tetramethylene, isobutylene, dimethylethylene, octamethylene and the like;

As the “4- to 7-membered ring which may be interrupted by 1 to 3, the same or different hetero atoms selected from oxygen atom, sulfur atom and nitrogen atom” formed through a mutual combination of R¹ and R², for example, azetidine ring, pyrrolidine ring, pyrroline ring, piperidine ring, imidazolidine ring, imidazoline ring, oxazolidine ring, thiazolidine ring, isoxazolidine ring, isothiazolidine ring, tetrahydropyridine ring, piperazine ring, morpholine ring, thiomorpholine ring, dioxazine ring, dithiazine ring and the like can be referred to.

In some cases, the phthalamide derivative of the present invention represented by general formula (I) may have an asymmetric carbon atom or an asymmetric center in the structural formula thereof, and may have two or more optical isomers. The present invention involves all such optical isomers and mixtures consisting of the optical isomers at arbitrary ratios. In some cases, the present invention involves salts, hydrates and the like of these compounds.

The phthalamide derivatives represented by general formula (I) can be obtained by using the compounds and production processes disclosed in JP-A-11-240857 and JP-A-2001-131141.

Among the compounds represented by general formula (I), preferable are those in which R¹ represents a hydrogen atom, R² represents a C₁-C₆ alkyl group, a C₁-C₆ alkylthio C₁-C₆ alkyl group, a C₁-C₆ alkylsulfinyl C₁-C₆ alkyl group or a C₁-C₆ alkylsulfonyl C₁-C₆ alkyl group, R³ represents a hydrogen atom, X represents a halogen atom, n represents 1, Z¹ and Z² represent an oxygen atom, Y which may be the same or different represents a halogen atom, a C₁-C₆ alkyl group, a halo C₁-C₆ alkyl group or a halo C₁-C₆ alkoxy group, and m represents 2 or 3. Among these compounds, particularly preferable are the following compounds: N²-(1,1-dimethyl-2-methylthioethyl)-3-iodo-N¹-{2-methyl-4-[1,2,2,2-tetrafluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl]phenyl}-phthalamide, N²-(1,1-dimethyl-2-methylsulfonylethyl)-3-iodo-N′-{2-methyl-4-[1,2,2,2-tetrafluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl]-phenyl}phthalamide and N²-(1,1-dimethyl-2-methylsulfinylethyl)-3-iodo-N′-{2-methyl-4-[1,2,2,2-tetrafluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl]-phenyl}phthalamide.

In Table 1, typical compounds of the present invention are listed. This invention, however, is by no means limited by these compounds. As examples of such compounds, the compounds disclosed in JP-A-11-240857 and JP-A-2001-131141 can be referred to.

General Formula (I)

TABLE 1 (I)

Property No R¹ R² R³ Xn Ym mp ° C. 1 CH₃ H H 3-NO₂ 2-CH₃-5-Cl 169-171 2 C₂H₅ H H 3-Cl 2-CH₃-4-OCHF₂ 179-180 3 C₂H₅ H H 3-NO₂ 2-CH₃-5-Cl 175-177 4 n-C₃H₇ H H 3-NO₂ 2-CH₃-4-OCHF₂ 184-186 5 i-C₃H₇ H H 3-Cl 4-C₄H₉-n 169-171 6 i-C₃H₇ H H 3-Cl 4-C₄H₉-t 224-226 7 i-C₃H₇ H H 3-Cl 4-CF(CF₃)₂ 198-200 8 i-C₃H₇ H H 3-Cl 4-CF₂CF₂CF₃ 203-204 9 i-C₃H₇ H H 3-Cl 4-(CF₂)₃CF₃ 176-178 10 i-C₃H₇ H H 3-Cl 4-OCF₂CHFOC₃F₇-n 169-171 11 i-C₃H₇ H H 6-Cl 4-SCH₃ 193-195 12 i-C₃H₇ H H 3-Cl 4-SO₂CH₃ 208-210 13 i-C₃H₇ H H 3-Cl 4-SCHF₂ 220-222 14 i-C₃H₇ H H 3-Cl 4-SCF₂CHF₂ 198-200 15 i-C₃H₇ H H 3-Cl 4-SO₂CF₂CHF₂ 227-230 16 i-C₃H₇ H H 3-Cl 4-COCH₃ 217-219 17 i-C₃H₇ H H 3-Cl 4-Ph 215-217 18 i-C₃H₇ H H 3-Cl 2-CH₃-4-OCH₃ 191-192 19 i-C₃H₇ H H 3-Cl 2-CH₃-4-CF₂CF₃ 199-200 20 i-C₃H₇ H H 3-Cl 2-CH₃-4-OCF₃ 199-201 21 i-C₃H₇ H H 3,6-Cl₂ 2-CH₃-4-OCHF₂ 221-222 22 i-C₃H₇ H H 3-Br 4-OCF₃ 208-210 23 i-C₃H₇ H H 3-Br 2-CH₃-4-CF₂CF₃ 201-202 24 i-C₃H₇ H H 3-Br 2-CH₃-4-CF(CF₃)₂ 222-224 25 i-C₃H₇ H H 3-Br 2-CH₃-4-SCH₃ 215-217 26 i-C₃H₇ H H 3-Br 2-CH₃-4-(3-CF₃-PhO) 156-158 27 i-C₃H₇ H H 3-Br 2-CH₃-4-(5-CF₃-2-Pyi-O) 182-184 28 i-C₃H₇ H H 3-Br -3-OCH₂O-4- 195-198 29 i-C₃H₇ H H 6-Br 2-CH₃-4-OCF₂CHFCF₃ 212-213 30 i-C₃H₇ H H 6-Br 2-CH₃-4-OCF₂CHClF 211-213 31 i-C₃H₇ H H 6-Br 2-CH₃-4-OCF₂CHF₂ 214-215 32 i-C₃H₇ H H 5,6-Br₂ 2-CH₃-4-OCHF₂ 208-210 33 i-C₃H₇ H H 3-I 4-CF₂CF₂CF₃ 217-219 34 i-C₃H₇ H H 3-I 4-CF(CF₃)₂ 209-211 35 i-C₃H₇ H H 3-I 4-SCH₂CHF₂ 195-197 36 i-C₃H₇ H H 3-I 4-SCHF₂ 204-206 37 i-C₃H₇ H H 3-I 4-S(CF₂)₃CF₃ 185-187 38 i-C₃H₇ H H 3-I 2-CH₃-4-Cl 215-217 39 i-C₃H₇ H H 3-I 2-Cl-4-CF₃ 170-171 40 i-C₃H₇ H H 3-I 2-CH₃-4-CF₃ 202-203 41 i-C₃H₇ H H 3-I 2-CH₃-4-CF₂CF₃ 195-196 42 i-C₃H₇ H H 3-I 2-CH₃-4-CF₂CF₂CF₃ 193-195 43 i-C₃H₇ H H 3-I 2-CH₃-4-CF(CF₃)₂ 211-213 44 i-C₃H₇ H H 3-I 2-CH₃-4-OCF₃ 214-216 45 i-C₃H₇ H H 3-I 2-CH₃-4-OCHF₂ 207-209 46 i-C₃H₇ H H 3-I 2-CH₃-4-OCH₂CF₂CHF₂ 229-231 47 i-C₃H₇ H H 3-I 2-CH₃-4-OCF₂CHFCF₃ 213-214 48 i-C₃H₇ H H 3-I 2-Cl-4-OCF₃ 173-175 49 i-C₃H₇ H H 6-I 4-SCF(CF₃)₂ 216-218 50 i-C₃H₇ H H 6-I 2-Cl-4-CF₃ 195-196 51 i-C₃H₇ H H 6-I 2-CH₃-4-CF(CF₃)₂ 237-239 52 i-C₃H₇ H H 6-I 2-Cl-4-CF₂CF₂CF₃ 199-200 53 i-C₃H₇ H H 3-F 2-CH₃-4-CF(CF₃)₂ 241-243 54 i-C₃H₇ H H 3-F 2-CH₃-4-OCF₃ 183-184 55 i-C₃H₇ H H 3-NO₂ 3-F 228-230 56 i-C₃H₇ H H 3-NO₂ 2-CH₃-4-OCHF₂ 186-188 57 n-C₄H₉ H H 3-NO₂ 2-CH₃-5-Cl 172-174 58 s-C₄H₉ H H 6-Cl 2-CH₃-4-OCHF₂ 213-215 59 t-C₄H₉ H H 3-NO₂ 2-CH₃-4-OCHF₂ 172-173 60 c-C₃H₅ H H 3-Cl 2-CH₃-4-OCHF₂ 156-158 61 c-C₄H₇ H H 3-NO₂ 2-CH₃-5-Cl 206-208 62 c-C₅H₉ H H 3-NO₂ 2-CH₃-5-Cl 200-202 63 c-C₆H₁₁ H H 3-NO₂ 2-CH₃-5-Cl 225-227 64 CH₂C₃H₅-c H H 3-NO₂ 2-CH₃-5-F 190-192 65 CH₂CH₂Cl H H 3-NO₂ 2-CH₃-5-F 179-181 66 CH₂CH═CH₂ H H 3-NO₂ 2-CH₃-4-OCHF₂ 194-195 67 CH₂C≡CH H H 3-NO₂ 2-CH₃-4-OCHF₂ 190-191 68 i-C₃H₇ H H 3-Cl 4-CH═CBr₂ 209.8-214.8 69 i-C₃H₇ H H 6-Cl 4-CH═CCl₂ 199.7 70 i-C₃H₇ H H 3-I 4-CH═C(Cl)CF₃ 196.6 71 i-C₃H₇ H H 6-I 4-CH═C(Cl)CF₃ 203.3 72 t-C₄H₉ H H 3-I 2-CH₃-4-CF₂CF₃ 205-207 73 t-C₄H₉ H H 6-I 2-CH₃-4-CF₂CF₃ 216-217 74 n-C₄H₉ H H 6-I 2-CH₃-4-CF₂CF₃ 181.8-187.7 75 n-C₅H₁₁ H H 6-I 2-CH₃-4-CF₂CF₃ 168.7-171.3 76 i-C₃H₇ H H 6-CH₃ 2-CH₃-4-CF₂CF₃ 177-179 77 CH₂CH₂OC₂H₅ H H 3-I 2-CH₃-4-CF₂CF₃ 146.5-150.3 78 CH₂CH₂OC₂H₅ H H 6-I 2-CH₃-4-CF₂CF₃ 157.3-160.4 79 c-C₅H₉ H H 6-I 2-CH₃-4-CF₂CF₃ 205.2 80 c-C₆H₁₁ H H 6-I 2-CH₃-4-CF₂CF₃ 239.0-244.4 81 i-C₃H₇ H H 3-I 4-SCF₃ 226-227 82 i-C₃H₇ H H 3-NO₂ 4-SOCF₃ 202-205 83 i-C₃H₇ H H 3-Cl 4-SOCF₃ 242-244 84 i-C₄H₉ H H 3-I 2-CH₃-4-CF₂CF₃ 200.4-206.8 85 s-C₄H₉ H H 6-I 2-CH₃-4-CF₂CF₃ 216.1-218.0 86 CH(C₂H₅)—CH₂OCH₃ H H 3-I 2-CH₃-4-CF₂CF₃ 177 88 CH(C₂H₅)—CH₂OCH₃ H H 6-I 2-CH₃-4-CF₂CF₃ 198.3-201.0 89 CH₂CF₃ H H 6-I 2-CH₃-4-CF₂CF₃ 184.7-202.5 90 i-C₃H₇ H H 3-I 3-N═C(CF₂CF₃)O-4 214-216 91 t-C₄H₉ H H 3-I 3-N═C(CF₂CF₃)O-4 253-254 92 i-C₃H₇ H H 3-Cl 2-F-4-OCF₃ 126-128 93 i-C₃H₇ H H 3-I 2-F-4-OCF₃ 220-222 94 i-C₃H₇ H H 3-I 2-C₂H₅-4-OCF₃ 241-243 95 t-C₄H₉ H H 3-I 2-C₂H₅-4-OCF₃ 224-225 96 i-C₃H₇ H H 3-Cl-4-F 2-CH₃-4-OCF₃ 184-186 97 i-C₃H₇ H H 3-Cl-4-F 2-CH₃-4-CF(CF₃)₂ 200-201 98 i-C₃H₇ H H 5-I 2-CH₃-4-OCF₂CHF₂ 203-204 99 i-C₃H₇ H H 4-I 2-CH₃-4-CF(CF₃)₂ 215-216 100 i-C₃H₇ H H 3-I 2-CH₃-4-C≡C—C₄H₉-t 205 101 i-C₃H₇ H H 3-Cl 2-CH₃-4-CN 230 102 i-C₃H₇ H H 3-I 2-F-4-C₂F₅ 190 103 i-C₃H₇ H H 3-I 2-Cl-4-C₂F₅ 200 104 i-C₃H₇ H H 3-I 2-CF₃-4-C₂F₅ 255 105 i-C₃H₇ H H 3-I 2-OCH₃-4-C₂F₅ 152 106 2-TetFur H H 3-Cl 2-CH₃-4-C₂F₅ 153 107 2-TetFur H H 6-Cl 2-CH₃-4-C₂F₅ 130 108 CH₂-4-Pyi H H 3-Cl 2-CH₃-4-C₂F₅  88 109 CH₂-4-Pyi H H 6-Cl 2-CH₃-4-C₂F₅ Paste 110 i-C₃H₇ H H 3-I 2-C₂F₅-4-C₂F₅ 245 111 i-C₃H₇ H H H 4-O-(2-Pym) 246 112 C(CH₃)₂CH₂CH₃ H H 3-I 2-CH₃-4-C₂F₅ 193 113 C(CH₃)₂CH₂CH₃ H H 3-I 2-CH₃-4-OCF₃ 180 114 C(CH₃)₂CH₂CH₃ H H 3-I 2-CH₃-4-OCHF₂ 176-177 115 i-C₃H₇ H H 3-I 2-Cl-4-OCF₂O-5 226 116 i-C₃H₇ H H 3-I 2-Cl-3-OCF₂CF₂O-4 219 117 C(CH₃)₂CH₂Cl H H 3-I 2-CH₃-4-C₂F₅ 168-169 118 i-C₃H₇ H H 3-I 4-(2-CH₃-4-Thz) 217 119 i-C₃H₇ H H 3-I 4-(2-CH₃-4-Oxa) 212 120 i-C₃H₇ H H 3-I 4-(2-i-C₃H₇-4-Thz) 199 121 CH(CH₃)-2-Pyi H H 3-I 2-CH₃-4-OCF₃ 158-161 122 N(Ph)COCF₃ H H 3-I 2-CH₃-4-C₂F₅ 239-241 123 CH(CH₃)₂Fur H H 3-I 2-CH₃-4-C₃F₇-i 191 124 CH(CH₃)-2-Thi H H 3-I 2-CH₃-4-C₃F₇-i 159 125 i-C₃H₇ H H 3-CF₃SO 2-CH₃-4-C₃F₇-i 211-213 126 t-C₄H₉ H H 3-I 2-N═C(CF₃)O-3 120 127 i-C₃H₇ H H 3-I 2-CH₃-4-C(CH₃)═NOCH₃ 218 128 t-C₄H₉ H H 6-CF₃S 2-CH₃-4-C₃F₇-i 245-247 129 C(CH₃)₂CH₂SCH₃ H H 3-I 2-CH₃-4-C₃F₇-i 205-206 130 C(CH₃)₂CH₂SO₂CH₃ H H 3-I 2-CH₃-4-C₃F₇-i 90-95 131 C(CH₃)₂CH₂SOCH₃ H H 3-I 2-CH₃-4-C₃F₇-i 88-90 132 CH(CH₃)CH₂SCH₃ H H 3-I 2-CH₃-4-C₃F₇-i 197-199 133 CH(CH₃)CH₂SO₂CH₃ H H 3-I 2-CH₃-4-C₃F₇-i  82 134 CH(CH₃)CH₂SOCH₃ H H 3-I 2-CH₃-4-C₃F₇-i 134 135 C(CH₃)₂CH₂SCH₃ H H 3-I 2-Cl-4-OCF₃ 166 136 C(CH₃)₂CH₂SO₂CH₃ H H 3-I 2-Cl-4-OCF₃ 141 137 C(CH₃)₂CH₂SO₂CH₃ H H 3-Br 2-Cl-4-OCF₃ 133 138 C(CH₃)₂CH₂SC₂H₅ H H 3-I 2-CH₃-4-C₂F₅ 188-189 139 C(CH₃)₂CH₂SO₂C₂H₅ H H 3-I 2-CH₃-4-C₂F₅ 120-122 140 C(CH₃)₂CH₂SOC₂H₅ H H 3-I 2-CH₃-4-C₂F₅ 125-126 141 C(CH₃)₂CH₂SCH₃ H H 3-Cl 2-CH₃-4-C₃F₇-i 199-200 142 CH(CH₃)CH₂SCH₃ H H 3-I 2-Cl-4-C₃F₇-i 190

In Table 1, “Ph” means a phenyl group, “c” means an alicyclic hydrocarbon group, “Pyi” means a pyridyl group, “Pym” means a pyrimidinyl group, “Fur” means a furyl group, “TetFur” means a tetrahydrofuryl group, “Thi” means a thienyl group, “Thz” means a thiazolyl group, and “Oxa” means an oxazolyl group.

As the compounds having an insecticidal, acaricidal or nematocidal activity, which the composition for noxious organisms-controlling agent of the present invention comprises, insecticidal compounds such as chloronicotinyl compounds, carbamate compounds, pyrethroid compounds, macrolide compounds, phosphorus compounds and the like can be referred to. Examples thereof include the following compounds indicated by their general names, however, the present invention is by no means limited by these compounds:

acetamiprid, pymetrozine, fenitrothion, acephate, carbaryl, methomyl, cartap, cyhalothrin, ethofenprox, teflubenzuron, flufenoxuron, tebufenozide, fenpyroximate, pyridaben, imidacloprid, buprofezin, BPMC (fenobucarb), malathion, methidathion, fenthion, diazinon, oxydeprofos, vamidothion, ethiophencarb, pirimicarb, permethrin, cypermethrin, bifenthrin, halfenprox, silafluofen, nitenpyram, chlorfluazuron, methoxyfenozide, tebufenpyrad, pyrimidifen, dicofol, propargite, hexythiazox, clofentezine, spinosad, milbemectin, BT (bacillus thuringiensis), indoxacarb, chlorfenapyr, fipronil, etoxazole, acequinocyl, pirimiphos-methyl, acrinathrin, quinomethionate, chlorpyrifos, avermectin, emamectin-benzoate, fenbutatin oxide, terbufos, ethoprophos, cadusafos, fenamiphos, fensulfothion, DSP, dichlofenthion, fosthiazate, oxamyl, isamidofos, fosthietan, isazofos, thionazin, benfuracarb, spirodiclofen, ethiofencarb, azinphos-methyl, disulfoton, methiocarb, oxydemeton-methyl, parathion, cyfluthrin, beta-cyfluthrin, tebupyrimfos, spiromesifen, endosulfan, amitraz, tralomethrin, acetoprole, ethiprole and the like.

Further, it is also possible to use the compounds mentioned above in combination with insecticides, acaricides and nematocides having the following general names or chemical names, or those disclosed in the following Patent Kokai gazettes, etc.:

ethion, trichlorfon (DEP), metamidophos, dichlorvos (DDVP), mevinphos, monocrotophos, dimethoate, formothion, mecarbam, thiometon, disulfoton, naled (BRP), methylparathion, cyanophos, diamodafos, albendazole, oxibendazole, fenbendazole, oxfendazole, propaphos, sulprofos, prothiofos, profenofos, isophenphos, temephos, phenthoate, dimethylvinphos, chlorfenvinphos, tetrachlorvinphos, phoxim, isoxathion, pyraclofos, chlorpyrifos-methyl, pyridafenthion, phosalone, phosmet, dioxabenzofos, quinalphos, pyrethrins, allethrin, prallethrin, resmethrin, permethrin, tefluthrin, fenpropathrin, alpha-cypermethrin, lambda-cyhalothrin, deltamethrin, fenvalerate, esfenvalerate, flucythrinate, fluvalinate, cycloprothrin, thiodicarb, aldicarb, alanycarb, metolcarb, xylylcarb, propoxur, fenoxycarb, fenothiocarb, bifenazate, carbofuran, carbosulfan, furathiocarb, diafenthiuron, diflubenzuron, hexaflumuron, novaluron, lufenuron, chlorfluazuron, cyhexatin, Oleic acid sodium salt, Potassium oleate, methoprene, hydroprene, binapacryl, amitraz, chlorobenzilate, brompropylate, tetradifon, bensultap, benzoximate, chromafenozide, endosulfan, diofenolan, tolfenpyrad, triazamate, nicotine-sulfate, thiacloprid, thiamethoxam, clothianidin, dinotefuran (MT I-446), fluazinam, pyriproxyfen, hydramethylnon, cyromazine, TPIC (tripropylisocyanurate), thiocyclam, fenazaquin, polynactins, azadirachtin, rotenone, Hydroxy propyl starch, mesulfenfos, phosphocarb, isoamidofos, aldoxycarb, metam-sodium, morantel tartrate, dazomet, levamisol, trichlamide, pyridalyl, 2-[2-(4-cyanophenyl)-1-(3-trifluoromethylphenyl)-ethylidene]-N-(4-trifluoromethoxyphenyl)hydrazine carboxamide and its E isomer, its Z isomer, and mixtures of E and Z isomers at arbitrary mixing ratios, and the substituted aminoquinazolinone (thion) derivatives or salts thereof disclosed in JP-A-8-325239 and Japanese Patent Application 2000-334700, etc.

When the phthalamide derivative specified by the present invention is combined with the second active ingredient of the present invention, namely one or more compounds selected from the compounds having an insecticidal, acaricidal or nematocidal activity and the composition thus obtained is used as a composition for noxious organisms-controlling agent, the amount of the active ingredient compounds in 100 parts by weight of the composition may be appropriately selected from a range of 0.1-50 parts by weight and preferably 1-20 parts by weight. In the active ingredient compounds, the ratio between the specified phthalamide and the one or more compounds selected from the compounds having an insecticidal, acaricidal or nematocidal activity may be appropriately selected from a range of 0.05-2,000 parts by weight and preferably 10-100 parts by weight of the one or more compounds having an insecticidal, acaricidal or nematocidal activity, per one part by weight of the specified phthalamide derivative.

When the composition for noxious organisms-controlling agent of the present invention is put to use, the composition is used in an appropriate solid, liquid or powdery form prepared according to the conventional method in the pesticide making. According to the need, adjuvants and the like are added to the composition at an appropriate ratio. The mixture is subjected to melting, suspending, mixing, impregnation, adsorption or adhesion, and then formed into an appropriate preparation form such as emulsion, powder, granule, wettable powder, flowable composition, etc. according to the purpose, and put to use.

The composition for noxious organisms-controlling agent of the present invention is suitable for controlling various agricultural, forestry and horticultural pests making harm to paddyfield rice plants, vegetables, fruit plants, flowers and ornamental plants and the like; pests making injury on stored grain; sanitary insect pests; nematodes, etc. As examples of the pests, the following can be referred to:

pests belonging to HETEROPTERA of HEMIPTERA such as plataspid bug (Megacopta punctatissimum), whitespotted larger spined bug (Eysarcoris lewisi), whitespotted bug (Eysarcoris parvus), southern green stink bug (Nezara viridula), brownwinged green bug (Plautia stali), narrow squash bug (Cletus puctiger), rice bug (Leptocorisa chinensis), bean bug (Riptortus clavatus), rice leaf bug (Togo hemipterus), pear lace bug (Stephanitis nashi), azelea lace bug (Stephanitis pyrioides), pale green plant bug (Apolygus spinolai), sorghum plant bug (Stenotus rubrovittalus), rice leaf bug (Trigonotylus coelestialium), etc.;

pests belonging to HOMOPTERA such as grape leafhopper (Arboridia apicalis), tea green leafhopper (Empoasca onukii), green rice leafhopper (Nephotettix cincticeps), green rice leafhopper (Nephotettix virescens), small brown planthopper (Laodelphax striatellus), brown rice planthopper (Nilaparvata lugens), whitebacked rice planthopper (Sogatella furcifera), citrus psylla (Diaphorina citri), citrus spiny whitefly (Aleurocanthus spiniferus), silver leaf whitefly (Bemisia argentifolli), sweetpotato whitefly (Bemisia tabaci), citrus whitefly (Dialeurodes citri), greenhouse whitefly (Trialeurodes vaporariorum), grapeleaf louse (Viteus vitifolli), woolly apple aphid (Eriosoma lanigerum), spiraea aphid (Aphis citricola), cowpea aphid (Aphis craccivora), cotton aphid (Aphis gossipii), greenhouse-potato aphid (Aulacorthum solani), cabbage aphid (Brevicoryne brassicae), potato aphid (Macrosiphum euphorbiae), green-peach aphid (Myzus persicae), oat bird-cherry aphid (Rhopalosiphum padi), japanese grain aphid (Sitobion akebiae), comstock mealybug (Pseudococcus comstocki), Indian wax scale (Ceroplastes ceriferus), red scale (Aonidiella aurantii), San Jose scale (Comstockaphis perniciosa), mulberry scale (Pseudaulacapsis pentagoa), arrowedhead scale (Unaspis yanonensis), etc.;

pests belonging to LEOPIDOPTERA such as summer fruit fortrix (Adoxophyes orana fasciata), smaller tea tortrix (Adoxophyes honmai), apple tortrix (Archips fuscocupreanus), peach fruit moth (Carposina niponensis), oriental fruit moth (Grapholita molesta), oriental tea tortrix (Homona magnanima), tea leafroller (Caloptilia theivora), mugwort looper (Ascotis selenaria), grape berry moth (Endopiza viteana), codling moth (Laspeyresia pomonella), apple leafminer (Phyllonorycter ringoniella), apple leaf miner (Lyonetia prunifoliella malinella), citrus leafminer (Phyllocnistis citrella), diamondback moth (Plutella xylostella), pink bollworm (Pectinophora gossypiella), peach fruit moth (Carposina niponensis), rice stem borer (Chilo supperssalis), yellow rice borer (Scirpophaga incertulas), rice leafroller (Cnaphalocrosis medinalis), cabbage webworm (Hellulla undalis), Chinese yellow swallowtail (Papilio xuthus), common white (Pieris rapae crucivora), tent catapillar (Malacosoma neustria testacea), fall webworm (Hyphantria cunea), bluegrass webworm (Parapediasia tererrella), corn earworm (Helicoverpa armigera), Heliothis (Heliothis spp.), cutworm (Agrotis segetum), beet semi-looper (Autographa nigrisigna), cabbage armyworm (Mamestra brassicae), beat armyworm (Spodoptera exigua), common cutworm (Spodoptera litura), etc.;

pests belonging to COLEOPTERA such as cupreous chafer (Anomala cuprea), Japanese beetle (Popillia japonica), powderpost beetle (Lyctus brunneus), confused flour beetle (Tribolium confusum), twenty-eight-spotted ladybird (Epilachna vigintioctopunctata), whitespotted longicorn beetle (Anoplophora malasiaca), Japanese pine sawyer (Monochamus alteratus), azuki bean weevil (Callosobruchus chinensis), cucurbit leaf beetle (Aulacophora femoralis), rootworm (Diabrotica spp.), boll weevil (Anthonomus grandis grandis), Mexican beetle (Epilachna varivestis), Colorado leaf beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata), rice water weevil (Lissorhoptrus oryzophylus), rice leaf beetle (Oulema oryzae), hunting billbug (Sphenophrus venatus vestitus), etc.;

pests belonging to HYMENOPTERA such as cabbage sawfly (Athalia rosae ruficornis), rose argid sawfly (Arge pagana), Formica japonica, etc.;

pests belonging to DIPTERA such as rice leafminer (Agromyza oryzae), rice leafminer (Hydrellia griseola), legume leafminer (Liriomyza trifolii), onion maggot (Delia antiqua), house fly (Musca domestica), Culex pipiens molestus, house mosquito (Culex pipiens pallens), etc.;

pests belonging to THYSANOPTERA such as yellow tea thrips (Scirtothrips dorsalis), southern yellow thrips (Thrips palmi), onion thrips (Thrips tabaci), cirtus yellow thrips (Frankliniella occidentalis), etc.;

pests belonging to ISOPTERA such as Formosan subterranean termites (Coptotermes formosanus), japanese subterranean termite (Reticulitermes speratus), booklice (Psocoptera), Liposcelis bostrychophilus, etc.;

pests belonging to ORTHOPTERA such as rice grasshopper (Oxya yezoensis), mole crichet (Gryllotalpa sp.), American cockroach (Periplaneta americana), German cockroach (Blattella germanica), etc.;

pests belonging to ACARINA such as citrus red mite (Panonychus citri), fruit tree red spider mite (Panonychus ulmi), two-spotted spider mite (Tetranychus urticae), Kanzawa spider mite (Tetranychus kanzawai), southern false spider mite (Brevipalpus phoenicis), clover mite (Bryobia praetiosa), pink citrus rust mite (Aculops pelekassi), japanese pear rust mite (Eriophyes chibaensis), broad mite (Polyphagotarsonemus latus), bulb mite (Rhizoglyphus robini), mold mite (Tyrophagus putrescentiae), etc.;

pests belonging to TYLENCHIDA such as coffee root-lesion nematode (Pratylenchus coffeae), Cobb root-lesion nematode (Pratylenchus penetrans), potato cyst nematode (Globodera rostochiensis), southern root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne incognita), etc.;

pests belonging to DOLYLAMIDA such as needle nematode (Longidorus sp.), etc.; and

pests belonging to GASTRPODA such as slug (Incilaria bilineata), etc.

The useful plants to which the composition for noxious organisms-controlling agent of the present invention can be applied are not particularly limited, and the following plants can be referred to as examples thereof:

cereals such as rice, barley, wheat, rye, oat, corn, etc.; beans and peas such as soybean, red bean, broad bean, pea, kidney-bean, peanut, etc.; fruit trees such as apple, citrus trees and fruits, pear, grape, peach, plum, cherry, walnut, chestnut, almond, banana, strawberry, etc.; leafy and fruit vegetables such as cabbage, tomato, spinach, broccoli, lettuce, onion, stone-leek, Spanish paprika, egg-plant, pepper, etc.; root crops such as carrot, potato, sweet potato, taro, radish, lotus rhizome, turnip, burdock, garlic, etc.; processing crops such as cotton, flax, beet, hop, sugar can, sugar beet, olive, gum, coffee, tobacco, tea, etc.; cucurbitaceous plants such as pumpkin, cucumber, musk melon, water melon, melon, etc.; pasture plants such as orchard grass, sorghum, timothy, clover, alfalfa, etc.; lawn grasses such as mascarenegrass, bent grass, etc.; perfumery crops such as lavender, rosemary, thyme, parsley, pepper, ginger, etc.; flowers and ornamental plants such as chrysanthemum, rose, carnation, orchid, etc.; garden-trees such as ginkgo tree, cherry tree, gold-leaf plant, etc.; and timber woods such as white fir, silver fir, pine, hatchet-leaved arbor-vitae, Japan cedar, Japanese eypress, etc.

In order to control various disease pests, the composition for noxious organisms-controlling agent of the present invention is applied to the plants on which appearance of the noxious organisms is expected, either as it is or in the form of a dilution or suspension in a proper quantity of water or the like at a dosage effective for the control of the noxious organisms. For instance, with the aim of controlling the appearance of noxious organisms on fruit trees, cereals and vegetables, the composition may be directly used for foliage treatment, or the composition may also be used for seed treatments such as immersion of seeds in the agent solution, seed coating, calper treatment or the like, or absorption from the root by soil treatment or the like, such as incorporation into total soil layer, row treatment, soil incorporation, cell seedling treatment, prickling-in-hole treatment, plant foot treatment, top dressing, nursery box application of rice, submerged application, etc. In addition, application of the composition to the nutrient solution in the water culture, the use by fumigation, and the injection into tree stalks, etc. are also usable.

Further, apart from the spraying treatment on stored grain pests, house pests, sanitary insect pests and forest pests, application to construction material of house, fumigation, bait, etc. are also adoptable.

As the method of treating seeds, a method of dipping seeds in a diluted or undiluted liquid preparation of the liquid or solid composition and thereby making the agent permeate into the seeds; a method of mixing a solid or liquid preparation with seeds for the sake of powder coating and thereby making the agent adhere to the seed surface; a method of mixing the preparation with an adhesive carrier such as resin, polymer or the like and coating seeds with such an adhesive mixture; a method of spraying the preparation to the neighborhood of seeds simultaneously with planting, etc. can be referred to.

The term “seed” to be treated with the composition of the present invention means a plant body of the initial stage of cultivation used for reproduction of plants, and involves not only the seeds but also plant bodies for nutrient reproduction such as bulb, tuber, seed tuber, aerial tuber, scaly bulb, stalks for cuttage, and the like.

The term “soil” or “cultivation carrier” for plants in the practice of the using method of the present invention means a support for use in culture of a plant and especially a support in which roots are to be grown. They are not limited in material quality, but any material may be used so far as a plant can be grown therein. For instance, so-called various soils, nursery mat, water and the like can be used. Specific examples of the material constituting the soil or cultivation carrier include sand, pumice, vermiculite, diatomaceous earth, agar, gelatinous materials, polymeric materials, rock wool, glass wool, wood chips, bark and the like.

As method for spraying the composition to foliage part of crops or stored grain pest, sanitary insect pest, forest pest, etc., a method of diluting a liquid preparation such as emulsifiable concentrate, flowable agent and the like or a solid preparation such as wettable preparation, granular wettable preparation and the like with water properly and spraying the dilution, a method of spraying a powdery composition, a method of fumigation, etc. can be referred to.

As method for applying the composition to the soil, a method of applying a liquid preparation either diluted or undiluted with water to the plant foot, nursery bed for raising seedlings or the like, a method of spraying a granular agent to the plant foot or nursery bed, a method of spraying a dust, a wettable powder, a wettable granule or a granular agent to the soil and mixing it with the whole soil either before seeding or before transplantation, a method of spraying a dust, a wettable powder, a wettable granule, a granular agent or the like to planting holes, planting rows, etc. can be referred to.

As method for applying the composition to a nursery box of paddyfield rice, a method of applying the composition in the form of dust, granular wettable powder, granule, etc. can be referred to, though the preparation form may vary depending on the time of application, namely whether the application is carried out in sowing period, greening period or transplanting period. It is also possible to apply the composition in the form of a mixture with soil, as in the form of mixture of soil and a dust, a granular wettable powder or a granule, according to a method of mixing into bed soil, covering soil, or the whole soil. It is also possible to apply the composition by merely making the soil and various preparations into layers.

For applying the composition of the present invention to a paddy field, a solid preparation such as jumbo-pack, granule, wettable granule, and the like or a liquid preparation such as flowable, emulsifiable concentrate and the like is scattered to a paddy field usually in a submerged state. Otherwise, it is also possible to scatter or inject an appropriate agent as it is or in the form of a mixture with fertilizers into soil at the time of transplantation. It is further possible to apply an emulsifiable concentrate to the water inlet or water flow source of irrigating system, by which the composition can be applied together with water supplied to the paddy field in a labor-saving manner.

In case of upland field crops, the composition of the present invention may be applied to the cultivation carrier surrounding the seeds or plant bodies in the period from the seeding to the seedling raising. In cases where plant seeds are directly sown to the field, the composition may directly be applied to seeds to make a seed coating, or may also be applied to the base of hills in the course of cultivation to achieve a successful result. It is also possible to scatter a granular preparation or to apply a liquid preparation after dilution with water or without dilution. Another preferable treatment is to mix a granular preparation with a cultivation carrier before seeding and to sow seeds thereafter.

In cases where cultured plants to be transplanted are treated at the seeding time or in the seedling raising period, it is preferable to treat the seeds directly, or to carry out an irrigating treatment of a seedling raising bed with a liquefied agent, or to carry out a powdering treatment thereof with a granular agent. Further, it is also preferable to apply a granular agent to the planting holes at the time of set-planting or to mix the agent into the cultivation carrier in the neighborhood of the sites of transplantation.

The composition for noxious organisms-controlling agent of the present invention may be put to use after forming it into a usual preparation form, such as emulsifiable concentrate, wettable powder, granular wettable powder, flowable preparation, solution, granule, dust, fumigant and the like. Although the dosage thereof varies depending on the content of active ingredient in the composition, climate conditions, preparation form, method of application, place of application, objective noxious organism to be controlled, objective crop plant, etc. The dosage may be appropriately selected from a range of 0.1 gram to 1,000 grams and preferably 1 gram to 500 grams in terms of weight of active ingredient, per are of the field. In the case of seed treatment, it is possible to use the composition in an amount of 0.01-50% and preferably in an amount of 0.1-10% in terms of weight of active ingredient, based on the weight of seed. In cases where an emulsifiable concentrate or a wettable powder is diluted with water and then put to use, the concentration at the time of application is 0.00001-0.1%. In the cases of a granular preparation, a dust, and a liquid composition to be applied to seeds, the composition is directly applied without dilution, usually.

For the purpose of controlling the diseases and/or the weeds which appear simultaneously with the time of the application of the composition for noxious organisms-controlling agent of the present invention, the second active ingredient of the present invention, namely the compound having an insecticidal, acaricidal or nematocidal activity, may be replaced with a compound having a fungicidal or herbicidal activity. By taking such a measure, the span of objective disease and pests to be controlled can be expanded and the dosage can be reduced, and the herbicidal effect can be increased synergistically. The same effect as above can be expected also by adding a compound having a fungicidal or herbicidal activity to the composition for noxious organisms-controlling agent of the present invention and putting the mixture thus obtained to use.

As said compound having a fungicidal or herbicidal activity, the following can be referred to.

Thus, examples of the compound having a fungicidal activity include azoxystrobin, diclocymet, pyroquilon, kasugamycin, IBP (iprobenfos), hymexazol, mepronil, tricyclazole, edifenphos, isoprothiolane, blasticidin, flutolanil, diclomezine, pencycuron, carbendazim, dodine, propamocarb, pyrimethanil, fluquinconazole, fosetyl-AL, bromoconazole, triticonazole, flumetover, fenamidone, tolylfluanid, dichlofluanid, trifloxystrobin, triadimenol, spiroxamine, fenhexamid, iprovalicarb, fthalide, iprodione, thiophanate, benomyl, triflumizole, fluazinam, zineb, captan, manzeb, fenarimol, calcium polysulfide, triadimefon, vinclozolin-, dithianon, bitertanol, polycarbamate, iminoctadine-DBS, pebulate, polyoxin-B, propineb, chinomethionat, dichlofluanid, chlorothalonil, difenoconazole, fluoroimide, triforine, oxadixyl, streptomycin, mancozeb, oxolinic acid, mepronil, metalaxyl, propiconazole, hexaconazole, sulfur, pyrifenox, basic copper sulfate, pyrimethanil, iprobenfos, tolclofos-methyl, maneb, thiophanate-methyl, thifluzamide, furametpyr, flusulfamide, kresoxim-methyl, carpropamid, hydroxyisoxazole, echlomezole, procymidone, vinclozolin, ipconazole, furconazole, myclobutanil, tetraconazole, tebuconazole, imibenconazole, prochloraz, pefurazoate, cyproconazole, mepanipyrim, thiadiazin, probenazole, acibenzolar-S-methyl, validamycin(-A), fenoxanil, N-(3-chloro-4-methylphenyl)-4-methyl-1,2,3-thiadiazole-5-carboxamide, etc.

Examples of the compound having a herbicidal activity include bensulfuron-methyl, azimsulfuron, cinosulfuron, cyclosulfamuron, pyrazosulfuron-ethyl, imazosulfuron, indanofan, cyhalofop-butyl, thenylchlor, esprocarb, etobenzanid, cafenstrole, clomeprop, dimethametryn, daimuron, bifenox, pyributicarb, pyriminobac-methyl, pretilachlor, bromobutide, benzofenap, benthiocarb, bentoxazone, benfuresate, mefenacet, fenoxaprop-P-ethyl, phenmedipham, diclofop-methyl, desmedipham, ethofumesate, isoproturon, amidosulfuron, anilofos, ethoxysulfuron, iodosulfuron, isoxadifen, foramsulfuron, pyraclonil-, mesosulfuron, diuron, neburon, dinoterb, carbetamide, bromoxynil, oxadiazon, dimefuron, diflufenican, aclonifen, benzofenap, oxaziclomefone, isoxaflutole, oxadiargyl, flurtamone, metribuzin, methabenzthiazuron, tribufos, metamitron, ethiozin, flufenacet, sulcotrion, fentrazamide, propoxycarbazone, flucarbazone, metosulam, amicarbazone, etc.

Further, it is also possible to mix the herbicides expressed by the following general names into the composition of this invention:

glyphosate-isopropyl amine, glyphosate-trimesium, glufosinate-ammonium, bialaphos, butamifos, prosulfocarb, asulam, linuron, calcium peroxide, alachlor, pendimethalin, acifluofen-sodium, lactofen, ioxynil-octanoate, alloxydim, sethoxydim, napropamide, pyrazolate, pyraflufen-ethyl, imazapyr, sulfentrazone, oxadiazon, paraquat, diquat, simazine, atrazine, fluthiacet-methyl, quizalofop-ethyl, bentazone (BAS-3510-H), triaziflam, etc.

Further, the composition of the present invention can be used in the form of a mixture with the following compounds having a plant growth regulating activity:

thidiazuron, mefenpyr, ethephon, cyclanilide, etc.

The composition of this invention can be used as a mixture with the following biotic pesticides to exhibit a similar effect:

viral preparations such as Nuclear polyhedrosis virus (NPV), Granulosis virus (GV), Cytoplastic polyhedrosis virus (CPV), Entomopox virus (EPV), etc.:

microbial pesticides used as insecticide or nematocide such as Monacrosporium phymatophagum, Steinernema caprocapsae, Steinernema kushidai, Pasteuria penetrans, etc.;

microbial pesticides used as fungicide such as Trichoderma lignorum, Agrobacterium radiobactor, Erwinia carotovora, Bacillus subtilis, monacrosporium.phamatophagum etc.; and

microial pesticides used as herbicide such as Xanthomonas capestris, etc.

Further, it is also possible to use the composition of the present invention in combination with the following biotic pesticides:

natural enemy organisms such as Parasitic wasp (Encarsia formosa), Parasitic wasp (Aphidius colemani), Gall-mildge (Aphidoletes aphidimyza), Parasitic wasp (Diglyphus isaea), Parasitic mite (Dacnusa sibirica), Predatory mite (Phytoseiulus persimilis), Predatory-mite (Amblyseius cucumeris), Predatory bug (Orius sauteri), etc.;

microbial pesticides such as Beauveria brongniartii), etc.; and

pheromones such as (Z)-10-tetradecenyl=acetate, (E,Z)-4,10-tetradecadienyl=acetate, (Z)-8-dodecenyl=acetate, (Z)-11-tetradecenyl=acetate, (Z)-13-icosen-10-one, (Z)-8-dodecenyl=acetate, (Z)-11-tetradecenyl=acetate, (Z)-13-icosen-10-one, 14-methyl-1-octadecene, etc.

EXAMPLES

Next, typical examples and test examples of the present invention are mentioned below. This invention is by no means limited by these examples. In the examples, the terms “part” and “parts” are both by weight.

Example 1

Compound of Table 1  5 parts Fenpyroximate 10 parts Silicic acid hydrate 30 parts Hitenol N-08 (manufactured by  5 parts Daiichi Kogyo Seiyaku) Calcium ligninsulfonate  3 parts Wettable clay 47 parts

After impregnating silicic acid hydrate with the active ingredient compounds, the silicic acid hydrate is uniformly blended with other ingredients to form a wettable powder composition.

Example 2

Compound of Table 1 10 parts Tebufenpyrad 10 parts Sorpol 3105 (manufactured by  5 parts Toho Yakuhin Kogyo) Propylene glycol  5 parts Rhodopol (manufactured by Rohne  2 parts Poulenc Inc.) Water 68 parts

The above-mentioned ingredients are uniformly mixed together and dispersed in water to form a flowable preparation.

Example 3

Compound of Table 1 10 parts Isoprothiolane 20 parts SP-3005X (manufactured by Toho 15 parts Kagaku) Xylene 35 parts N-Methylpyrrolidone 20 parts

The above-mentioned ingredients are uniformly mixed and melted to form an emulsifiable concentrate.

Example 4

Compound of Table 1 10 parts Tebufenozide 20 parts Sorpol 3105 5 parts Propylene glycol 2 parts Rhodopol 23 1 part Water 62 parts

The above-mentioned ingredients are uniformly mixed together and dispersed in water to form a flowable preparation.

Example 5

Compound of Table 1 10 parts Buprofezin  5 parts Silicic acid hydrate 34 parts Hitenol N-08  3 parts Demol T  2 parts Calcium carbonate powder 46 parts

After impregnating silicic acid hydrate with the active ingredient compounds, the silicic acid hydrate is uniformly blended with other ingredients to form a wettable powder composition.

Example 6

Compound of Table 1 10 parts Pyridaben 15 parts SP-3005X 15 parts Xylene 40 parts N-Methylpyrrolidone 20 parts

The above-mentioned ingredients are uniformly mixed together and melted to form an emulsifiable concentrate.

Example 7

Compound of Table 1 10 parts Pyraflufen-ethyl 20 parts Sorpol 3105 5 parts Propylene glycol 2 parts Rhodopol 23 0.5 part Water 62.5 parts

The above-mentioned ingredients are uniformly mixed together and dispersed in water to form a flowable preparation.

Example 8

Compound of Table 1 10 parts  Acetamiprid 5 parts Sorpol 3105 5 parts Propylene glycol 3 parts Rhodopol 2 parts Water 75 parts 

The above-mentioned ingredients are uniformly mixed together and dispersed in water to form a flowable preparation.

Example 9

Compound of Table 1 10 parts Imidacloprid 10 parts SP-3005X 15 parts Xylene 45 parts N-Methylpyrrolidone 20 parts

The above-mentioned ingredients are uniformly mixed together and melted to form an emulsifiable concentrate.

Example 10

Compound of Table 1 5 parts Chlorfenapyr 10 parts  Sorpol 3105 5 parts Propylene glycol 3 parts Rhodopol 23 2 parts Water 75 parts 

The above-mentioned ingredients are uniformly mixed together and dispersed in water to form a flowable preparation.

Example 11

Compound of Table 1 5 parts Pymetrozine 10 parts  Sorpol 3105 5 parts Propylene glycol 3 parts Rhodopol 23 2 parts Water 75 parts 

The above-mentioned ingredients are uniformly mixed together and dispersed in water to form a flowable preparation.

Test Example 1 Insecticidal Test on Smaller Tea Tortrix (Adoxophyes orana fosciota)

Tea leaves were dipped in a solution of a chemical diluted to a prescribed concentration for 30 seconds. After air-dryness, the leaves were transferred to a plastic dish having a diameter of 9 cm, inoculated with ten 4th instar larvae of smaller tea tortrix, and left to stand in a thermostatted chamber at 25° C. Four days and seven days after the treatment, the number of alive insects were counted, from which percentage of death was calculated. The test was carried out with two replications of 10 insects. The results are shown in Table 2.

TABLE 2 Death rate (%) After After Concentration 4 7 Test agent (ppm) days days Compound + chlorpyriphos 0.3 + 1 35 75 19 + chlorfluazuron 0.3 + 1 35 95 + chlorfenapyr 0.3 + 1 30 75 + emamectin-benzoate   0.3 + 0.1 25 85 + methoxyfenozide   0.3 + 0.1 75 95 + indoxacarb 0.3 + 1 55 95 + fenpyroximate  0.3 + 50 30 85 Compound + chlorpyriphos 0.3 + 1 20 45 20 + chlorfluazuron 0.3 + 1 25 85 + chlorfenapyr 0.3 + 1 20 75 + emamectin-benzoate   0.3 + 0.1 25 75 + methoxyfenozide   0.3 + 0.1 45 85 + indoxacarb 0.3 + 1 45 75 + fenpyroximate  0.3 + 50 30 80 Compound + chlorpyriphos 0.3 + 1 15 45 39 + chlorfluazuron 0.3 + 1 20 75 + chlorfenapyr 0.3 + 1 15 70 + emamectin-benzoate   0.3 + 0.1 20 70 + methoxyfenozide   0.3 + 0.1 40 80 + indoxacarb 0.3 + 1 40 70 + fenpyroximate  0.3 + 50 25 75 Compound + chlorpyriphos 0.3 + 1 20 45 40 + chlorfluazuron 0.3 + 1 25 80 + chlorfenapyr 0.3 + 1 15 70 + emamectin-benzoate   0.3 + 0.1 20 70 + methoxyfenozide   0.3 + 0.1 35 85 + indoxacarb 0.3 + 1 35 75 + fenpyroximate  0.3 + 50 20 70 Compound + chlorpyriphos 0.3 + 1 40 80 41 + chlorfluazuron 0.3 + 1 35 95 + chlorfenapyr 0.3 + 1 30 75 + emamectin-benzoate   0.3 + 0.1 30 100 + methoxyfenozide   0.3 + 0.1 75 95 + indoxacarb 0.3 + 1 55 95 + fenpyroximate  0.3 + 50 35 90 Compound + chlorpyriphos 0.3 + 1 45 85 42 + chlorfluazuron 0.3 + 1 35 100 + chlorfenapyr 0.3 + 1 30 85 + emamectin-benzoate   0.3 + 0.1 30 100 + methoxyfenozide   0.3 + 0.1 75 95 + indoxacarb 0.3 + 1 55 95 + fenpyroximate  0.3 + 50 30 85 Compound + chlorpyriphos 0.3 + 1 45 85 43 + chlorfluazuron 0.3 + 1 35 95 + chlorfenapyr 0.3 + 1 30 85 + emamectin-benzoate   0.3 + 0.1 30 100 + methoxyfenozide   0.3 + 0.1 75 95 + indoxacarb 0.3 + 1 50 95 + fenpyroximate  0.3 + 50 35 90 Compound + chlorpyriphos 0.3 + 1 25 65 44 + chlorfluazuron 0.3 + 1 30 85 + chlorfenapyr 0.3 + 1 25 80 + emamectin-benzoate   0.3 + 0.1 25 75 + methoxyfenozide   0.3 + 0.1 45 90 + indoxacarb 0.3 + 1 45 80 Compound + chlorpyriphos 0.3 + 1 30 75 45 + chlorfluazuron 0.3 + 1 25 90 + chlorfenapyr 0.3 + 1 20 75 + emamectin-benzoate   0.3 + 0.1 30 80 + methoxyfenozide   0.3 + 0.1 35 85 + indoxacarb 0.3 + 1 35 75 Compound + chlorpyriphos 0.3 + 1 20 65 46 + chlorfluazuron 0.3 + 1 35 80 + chlorfenapyr 0.3 + 1 20 75 + emamectin-benzoate   0.3 + 0.1 25 85 + methoxyfenozide   0.3 + 0.1 35 85 + indoxacarb 0.3 + 1 40 75 Compound + chlorpyriphos 0.3 + 1 40 80 47 + chlorfluazuron 0.3 + 1 40 95 + chlorfenapyr 0.3 + 1 35 95 + emamectin-benzoate   0.3 + 0.1 40 95 + methoxyfenozide   0.3 + 0.1 75 100 + indoxacarb 0.3 + 1 45 90 + fenpyroximate  0.3 + 50 35 95 Compound + chlorpyriphos 0.3 + 1 25 75 48 + chlorfluazuron 0.3 + 1 35 85 + chlorfenapyr 0.3 + 1 35 80 + emamectin-benzoate   0.3 + 0.1 30 90 + methoxyfenozide   0.3 + 0.1 40 75 + indoxacarb 0.3 + 1 35 80 Compound + chlorpyriphos 0.3 + 1 30 80 54 + chlorfluazuron 0.3 + 1 25 85 + chlorfenapyr 0.3 + 1 30 85 + emamectin-benzoate   0.3 + 0.1 30 95 + methoxyfenozide   0.3 + 0.1 35 80 + indoxacarb 0.3 + 1 30 85 Compound + chlorpyriphos 0.1 + 1 35 75 129 + chlorfluazuron 0.1 + 1 35 95 + chlorfenapyr 0.1 + 1 30 75 + emamectin-benzoate   0.1 + 0.1 25 85 + methoxyfenozide   0.1 + 0.1 75 95 + indoxacarb 0.1 + 1 55 95 + fenpyroximate  0.1 + 50 30 85 Compound + chlorpyriphos 0.1 + 1 35 75 130 + chlorfluazuron 0.1 + 1 35 95 + chlorfenapyr 0.1 + 1 30 75 + emamectin-benzoate   0.1 + 0.1 25 85 + methoxyfenozide   0.1 + 0.1 75 95 + indoxacarb 0.1 + 1 55 95 + fenpyroximate  0.1 + 50 30 85 Compound + chlorpyriphos 0.1 + 1 35 75 131 + chlorfluazuron 0.1 + 1 35 95 + chlorfenapyr 0.1 + 1 30 75 + emamectin-benzoate   0.1 + 0.1 25 85 + methoxyfenozide   0.1 + 0.1 75 95 + indoxacarb 0.1 + 1 55 95 + fenpyroximate  0.1 + 50 30 85 Compound 19 0.3 0 30 Compound 20 0.3 0 25 Compound 39 0.3 0 20 Compound 40 0.3 0 25 Compound 41 0.3 0 30 Compound 42 0.3 0 30 Compound 43 0.3 0 35 Compound 44 0.3 0 20 Compound 45 0.3 0 25 Compound 46 0.3 0 15 Compound 47 0.3 0 30 Compound 48 0.3 0 25 Compound 54 0.3 0 25 Compound 129 0.1 10 30 Compound 130 0.1 10 25 Compound 131 0.1 5 20 chlorpyriphos 1 10 10 chlorfluazuron 1 10 30 chlorfenapyr 1 0 0 emamectin- 0.1 10 45 benzoate methoxyfenozide 0.1 0 50 indoxacarb 1 10 40 fenpyroximate 50 0 0 Untreated plot — 0 0

Test Example 2 Insecticidal Test on Green Peach Aphid (Myzus persicae)

Chinese cabbage plants (variety: Aichi) were planted in plastic pots having a diameter of 8 cm and a height of 8 cm, on which green peach aphids were inoculated. Then, a solution of an agent which had been diluted to a predetermined concentration was thoroughly sprayed to the leaves and stalks. After air-dryness, the pots were left to stand in a green house. Six days after the spraying treatment, the number of the insects parasitic on each Chinese cabbage plant was counted, from which the control value was calculated according to the following equation. The test was carried out with two replications on one pot per one plot. Controlling value=100−{(Ta×Cb)/(Tb×Ca)}×100

-   -   Ta: Number of parasitic insects after spraying in the treated         plot     -   Tb: Number of parasitic insects before spraying in the treated         plot     -   Ca: Number of parasitic insects after spraying in the untreated         plot     -   Cb: Number of parasitic insects before spraying in the untreated         plot

The results are shown in Table 3.

TABLE 3 Control Concentration degree Test agent (ppm) (%) Compound 19 + Acephate 100 + 10 81 + imidacloprid 100 + 0.1 100 + bifenthrin 100 + 0.1 100 + flufenoxuron 100 + 50 43 + pyridaben 100 + 10 92 + milbemectin 100 + 1 100 Compound 20 + Acephate 100 + 10 81 + imidacloprid 100 + 0.1 100 + bifenthrin 100 + 0.1 100 + flufenoxuron 100 + 50 52 + pyridaben 100 + 10 92 + milbemectin 100 + 1 94 Compound 39 + Acephate 100 + 10 83 + imidacloprid 100 + 0.1 97 + bifenthrin 100 + 0.1 100 + flufenoxuron 100 + 50 48 + pyridaben 100 + 10 92 + milbemectin 100 + 1 94 Compound 40 + Acephate 100 + 10 86 + imidacloprid 100 + 0.1 100 + bifenthrin 100 + 0.1 100 + flufenoxuron 100 + 50 48 + pyridaben 100 + 10 92 + milbemectin 100 + 1 100 Compound 41 + Acephate 100 + 10 95 + imidacloprid 100 + 0.1 100 + bifenthrin 100 + 0.1 100 + flufenoxuron 100 + 50 60 + pyridaben 100 + 10 88 + milbemectin 100 + 1 98 Compound 42 + Acephate 100 + 0 95 + imidacloprid 100 + 0.1 100 + bifenthrin 100 + 0.1 100 + flufenoxuron 100 + 50 55 + pyridaben 100 + 10 90 + milbemectin 100 + 1 100 Compound 43 + Acephate 100 + 10 90 + imidacloprid 100 + 0.1 95 + bifenthrin 100 + 0.1 100 + flufenoxuron 100 + 50 60 + pyridaben 100 + 10 85 + milbemectin 100 + 1 100 Compound 44 + Acephate 100 + 10 75 + imidacloprid 100 + 0.1 80 + bifenthrin 100 + 0.1 95 + flufenoxuron 100 + 50 55 + pyridaben 100 + 10 73 + milbemectin 100 + 1 93 Compound 45 + Acephate 100 + 10 70 + imidacloprid 100 + 0.1 78 + bifenthrin 100 + 0.1 93 + flufenoxuron 100 + 50 61 + pyridaben 100 + 10 78 + milbemectin 100 + 1 98 Compound 46 + Acephate 100 + 10 65 + imidacloprid 100 + 0.1 75 + bifenthrin 100 + 0.1 94 + flufenoxuron 100 + 50 55 + pyridaben 100 + 10 68 + milbemectin 100 + 1 95 Compound 47 + Acephate 100 + 10 78 + imidacloprid 100 + 0.1 88 + bifenthrin 100 + 0.1 94 + flufenoxuron 100 + 50 58 + pyridaben 100 + 10 75 + milbemectin 100 + 1 94 Compound 48 + Acephate 100 + 10 66 + imidacloprid 100 + 0.1 93 + bifenthrin 100 + 0.1 96 + flufenoxuron 100 + 50 48 + pyridaben 100 + 10 75 + milbemectin 100 + 1 90 Compound 54 + Acephate 100 + 10 65 + imidacloprid 100 + 0.1 92 + bifenthrin 100 + 0.1 89 + flufenoxuron 100 + 50 55 + pyridaben 100 + 10 73 + milbemectin 100 + 1 95 Compound 129 + Acephate 100 + 10 85 + imidacloprid 100 + 0.1 100 + bifenthrin 100 + 0.1 100 + flufenoxuron 100 + 50 45 + pyridaben 100 + 10 90 + milbemectin 100 + 1 100 Compound 130 + Acephate 100 + 10 87 + imidacloprid 100 + 0.1 100 + bifenthrin 100 + 0.1 100 + flufenoxuron 100 + 50 54 + pyridaben 100 + 10 96 + milbemectin 100 + 1 95 Compound 131 + Acephate 100 + 10 81 + imidacloprid 100 + 0.1 99 + bifenthrin 100 + 0.1 97 Compound 19 100 0 Compound 20 100 0 Compound 39 100 0 Compound 40 100 0 Compound 41 100 0 Compound 42 100 0 Compound 43 100 0 Compound 44 100 0 Compound 45 100 0 Compound 46 100 0 Compound 47 100 0 Compound 48 100 0 Compound 54 100 0 Compound 129 100 5 Compound 130 100 10 Compound 131 100 0 acephate  10 48 imidacloprid  0.1 69 bifenthrin  0.1 80 flufenoxuron  50 11 pyridaben  10 43 milbemectin  1 82

Test Example 3 Insecticidal Test on Brown Rice Planthopper (Nilaparvata lugens)

Rice seedlings (variety: Nihombare) were dipped in a solution of an agent diluted to a predetermined concentration for 30 seconds. After air-dryness, each seedling was introduced into a glass-made test tube having a diameter of 1.8 cm and a height of 20 cm, and inoculated with ten 3rd inster nimphs of brown rice planthopper. Then, the test tube was stoppered with cotton. One day after and four days after the treatment, the number of alive insects was counted, based on which the insect death rate was calculated. The test was carried out with two replications of 10 heads.

The results are shown in Table 4.

TABLE 4 Death rate (%) Concentration After After Test agent (ppm) 1 days 5 days Compound 19 + buprofezin 100 + 0.3 15 75 + pymetrozin 100 + 100 20 85 + silafluofen 100 + 1 95 100 + imidacloprid 100 + 0.1 85 100 Compound 20 + buprofezin 100 + 0.3 10 80 + pymetrozin 100 + 100 25 90 + silafluofen 100 + 1 85 90 + imidacloprid 100 + 0.1 65 95 Compound 39 + buprofezin 100 + 0.3 15 70 + pymetrozin 100 + 100 30 85 + silafluofen 100 + 1 85 85 + imidacloprid 100 + 0.1 65 95 Compound 40 + buprofezin 100 + 0.3 20 75 + pymetrozin 100 + 100 25 90 + silafluofen 100 + 1 90 95 + imidacloprid 100 + 0.1 75 95 Compound 41 + buprofezin 100 + 0.3 15 100 + pymetrozin 100 + 100 30 90 + silafluofen 100 + 1 85 95 + imidacloprid 100 + 0.1 85 100 Compound 42 + buprofezin 100 + 0.3 25 100 + pymetrozin 100 + 100 35 95 + silafluofen 100 + 1 85 95 + imidacloprid 100 + 0.1 90 100 Compound 43 + buprofezin 100 + 0.3 30 100 + pymetrozin 100 + 100 40 95 + silafluofen 100 + 1 90 100 + imidacloprid 100 + 0.1 90 100 Compound 44 + buprofezin 100 + 0.3 15 95 + pymetrozin 100 + 100 25 95 + silafluofen 100 + 1 75 80 + imidacloprid 100 + 0.1 80 95 Compound 45 + buprofezin 100 + 0.3 20 95 + pymetrozin 100 + 100 30 100 + silafluofen 100 + 1 80 80 + imidacloprid 100 + 0.1 85 90 Compound 46 + buprofezin 100 + 0.3 15 80 + pymetrozin 100 + 100 25 90 + silafluofen 100 + 1 75 75 + imidacloprid 100 + 0.1 70 75 Compound 47 + buprofezin 100 + 0.3 20 75 + pymetrozin 100 + 100 30 85 + silafluofen 100 + 1 65 70 + imidacloprid 100 + 0.1 70 85 Compound 48 + buprofezin 100 + 0.3 25 85 + pymetrozin 100 + 100 35 90 + silafluofen 100 + 1 70 75 + imidacloprid 100 + 0.1 75 80 Compound 54 + buprofezin 100 + 0.3 15 75 + pymetrozin 100 + 100 30 75 + silafluofen 100 + 1 65 65 + imidacloprid 100 + 0.1 80 88 Compound 129 + buprofezin 100 + 0.3 15 80 + pymetrozin 100 + 100 15 90 + silafluofen 100 + 1 90 100 + imidacloprid 100 + 0.1 85 100 Compound 130 + buprofezin 100 + 0.3 20 85 + pymetrozin 100 + 100 25 90 + silafluofen 100 + 1 90 95 + imidacloprid 100 + 0.1 90 95 Compound 131 + buprofezin 100 + 0.3 25 85 + pymetrozin 100 + 100 20 85 + silafluofen 100 + 1 95 100 + imidacloprid 100 + 0.1 85 100 Compound 19 100 0 0 Compound 20 100 0 0 Compound 39 100 0 0 Compound 40 100 0 0 Compound 41 100 0 0 Compound 42 100 0 0 Compound 43 100 0 0 Compound 44 100 0 0 Compound 45 100 0 0 Compound 46 100 0 0 Compound 47 100 0 0 Compound 48 100 0 0 Compound 54 100 0 0 Compound 129 100 0 0 Compound 130 100 0 0 Compound 131 100 0 0 buprofezin  0.3 0 45 pymetrozin 100 10 40 silafluofen  1 30 30 imidacloprid  0.1 35 35 Untreated plot — 0 5

Test Example 4 Insecticidal Test on Resistant Strain of Two-Spotted Spider Mite

A plastic-made cup having a diameter of 8 cm was filled with water and covered with a lid having a hole having a diameter of 1 cm. A notched filter paper was placed over the lid, and a part of the filter paper was hung down from the lid into the water to maintain the filter paper always in a wet state by the capillary phenomenon.

A leaf disk prepared from the first leaves of kidney bean (variety: Topcrop) was placed on the filter paper, and inoculated with 10 female adults of resistant strain of two-spotted spider mite. On a turn table, 50 ml of an agent solution diluted to a predetermined concentration was uniformly sprayed. After the spraying treatment, the whole was left to stand in a thermostatted chamber at 25° C.

Two days after the spraying treatment, the number of alive spider mites were counted, based on which the spider mites death rate were calculated. The test was carried out with two replications of 10 adults. The results are shown in Table 5.

TABLE 5 Death Concentration rate Test agent (ppm) (%) Compound 19 + tebufenpyrad 100 + 100 95 + fenbutatin oxide 100 + 100 90 + halfenprox 100 + 100 85 Compound 20 + tebufenpyrad 100 + 100 90 + fenbutatin oxide 100 + 100 85 + halfenprox 100 + 100 90 Compound 39 + tebufenpyrad 100 + 100 85 + fenbutatin oxide 100 + 100 75 + halfenprox 100 + 100 90 Compound 40 + tebufenpyrad 100 + 100 85 + fenbutatin oxide 100 + 100 90 + halfenprox 100 + 100 95 Compound 41 + tebufenpyrad 100 + 100 90 + fenbutatin oxide 100 + 100 95 + halfenprox 100 + 100 85 Compound 42 + tebufenpyrad 100 + 100 95 + fenbutatin oxide 100 + 100 90 + halfenprox 100 + 100 90 Compound 43 + tebufenpyrad 100 + 100 95 + fenbutatin oxide 100 + 100 90 + halfenprox 100 + 100 95 Compound 44 + tebufenpyrad 100 + 100 85 + fenbutatin oxide 100 + 100 95 + halfenprox 100 + 100 90 Compound 45 + tebufenpyrad 100 + 100 75 + fenbutatin oxide 100 + 100 80 + halfenprox 100 + 100 75 Compound 46 + tebufenpyrad 100 + 100 95 + fenbutatin oxide 100 + 100 90 + halfenprox 100 + 100 80 Compound 47 + tebufenpyrad 100 + 100 85 + fenbutatin oxide 100 + 100 85 + halfenprox 100 + 100 75 Compound 48 + tebufenpyrad 100 + 100 90 + fenbutatin oxide 100 + 100 85 + halfenprox 100 + 100 95 Compound 54 + tebufenpyrad 100 + 100 80 + fenbutatin oxide 100 + 100 85 + halfenprox 100 + 100 90 Compound 129 + tebufenpyrad 100 + 100 95 + fenbutatin oxide 100 + 100 85 + halfenprox 100 + 100 85 + spirodiclofen 100 + 10  90 Compound 130 + tebufenpyrad 100 + 100 90 + fenbutatin oxide 100 + 100 95 + halfenprox 100 + 100 80 + spirodiclofen 100 + 10  75 Compound 131 + tebufenpyrad 100 + 100 95 + fenbutatin oxide 100 + 100 85 + halfenprox 100 + 100 90 + spirodiclofen 100 + 10  85 Compound 19 100 0 Compound 20 100 0 Compound 39 100 0 Compound 40 100 0 Compound 41 100 0 Compound 42 100 0 Compound 43 100 0 Compound 44 100 0 Compound 45 100 0 Compound 46 100 0 Compound 47 100 0 Compound 48 100 0 Compound 54 100 0 Compound 129 100 5 Compound 130 100 10 Compound 131 100 5 tebufenpyrad 100 60 fenbutatin oxide 100 50 halfenprox 100 35 Untreated plot — 0

Test Example 5 Test for the Effect on Southern Root-Knot Nematode (Meloidogyne incognita)

Two kilograms of a soil polluted with southern root-knot nematode was blended with a predetermined dose of a granular preparation. The mixture was filled into a 1/5,000 are Wagner pot. After sowing melon seeds and carrying out the treatment of the present invention, the pot was left to stand in a greenhouse. Sixty days after the treatment, 25 g of the soil was sampled out, the nematode was separated therefrom according to the method of Berman, and the numbers of nematodes were counted after 48 hours. The test was carried out with two replications, on one pot/group.

The results are shown in Table 6. In the tables, “ai” means active ingredient.

TABLE 6 Number of nematodes Dosage per 25 g of Test agent (g ai/10a) soil sample Compound 19 + oxamyl 300 + 300 3 + fosthiazate 300 + 300 1 Compound 20 + oxamyl 300 + 300 4 + fosthiazate 300 + 300 2 Compound 39 + oxamyl 300 + 300 5 + fosthiazate 300 + 300 1 Compound 40 + oxamyl 300 + 300 4 + fosthiazate 300 + 300 3 Compound 41 + oxamyl 300 + 300 3 + fosthiazate 300 + 300 2 Compound 42 + oxamyl 300 + 300 7 + fosthiazate 300 + 300 5 Compound 43 + oxamyl 300 + 300 6 + fosthiazate 300 + 300 2 Compound 44 + oxamyl 300 + 300 5 + fosthiazate 300 + 300 5 Compound 45 + oxamyl 300 + 300 4 + fosthiazate 300 + 300 2 Compound 46 + oxamyl 300 + 300 1 + fosthiazate 300 + 300 3 Compound 47 + oxamyl 300 + 300 5 + fosthiazate 300 + 300 3 Compound 48 + oxamyl 300 + 300 4 + fosthiazate 300 + 300 2 Compound 54 + oxamyl 300 + 300 4 + fosthiazate 300 + 300 2 Compound 129 + oxamyl 300 + 300 8 + fosthiazate 300 + 300 2 Compound 130 + oxamyl 300 + 300 5 + fosthiazate 300 + 300 1 Compound 131 + oxamyl 300 + 300 6 + fosthiazate 300 + 300 3 Compound 19 300 36 Compound 20 300 28 Compound 39 300 34 Compound 40 300 33 Compound 41 300 31 Compound 42 300 28 Compound 43 300 36 Compound 44 300 29 Compound 45 300 30 Compound 46 300 36 Compound 47 300 27 Compound 48 300 33 Compound 54 300 32 Compound 129 300 45 Compound 130 300 40 Compound 131 300 41 oxamyl 300 13 fosthiazate 300 7 Untreated group — 33

Test Example 6 Test for the Control of Rice Water Weevil (Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus) and Rice Blast on Paddyfield Rice Plant by Nursery Box Application

Fifty grams of a granular preparation was applied to rice plant (variety: Koshihikari) cultured in a nursery box. On the same day as the day of treatment (in the middle ten days of May), the rice plant was transplanted to the main paddy field. The controlling effect against rice water weevil was evaluated by investigating the number of hills classified by the extent of injury, on 100 hills in each plot, 21 days after the transplantation, and calculating the overall extent of injury therefrom. The controlling effect against rice blast was evaluated by investigating the areal rate of disease spot 60 days after the transplantation. Extent of injury={(4A+3B+2C+D)/(4×N)}×100 wherein

-   -   A: percentage of injured leaves: 91% or higher     -   B: percentage of injured leaves: 61-90%     -   C: percentage of injured leaves: 31-60%     -   D: percentage of injured leaves: 1-30%     -   N: Number of hills investigated

The results are shown in Table 7.

TABLE 7 Extent Areal of rate of disease Dosage injury spot (%) (g ai/ After After Test agent Box) 21 days 60 days Compound 19 + imidacloprid + 0.5 + 1 + 2 3.5 0.4 carpropamid Compound 20 + imidacloprid + 0.5 + 1 + 2 2.3 0.3 carpropamid Compound 39 + imidacloprid + 0.5 + 1 + 2 1.5 0.1 carpropamid Compound 40 + imidacloprid + 0.5 + 1 + 2 2.5 0.6 carpropamid Compound 41 + imidacloprid + 0.5 + 1 + 2 1.3 0.2 carpropamid Compound 42 + imidacloprid + 0.5 + 1 + 2 2.5 0.2 carpropamid Compound 43 + imidacloprid + 0.5 + 1 + 2 1.3 0.1 carpropamid Compound 44 + imidacloprid + 0.5 + 1 + 2 3.8 0.4 carpropamid Compound 45 + imidacloprid + 0.5 + 1 + 2 2.2 0.3 carpropamid Compound 46 + imidacloprid + 0.5 + 1 + 2 1.8 0.4 carpropamid Compound 47 + imidacloprid + 0.5 + 1 + 2 2.8 0.2 carpropamid Compound 48 + imidacloprid + 0.5 + 1 + 2 1.9 0.5 carpropamid Compound 54 + imidacloprid + 0.5 + 1 + 2 1.3 0.6 carpropamid Compound 129 + imidacloprid + 0.5 + 1 + 2 3.5 0.5 carpropamid Compound 130 + imidacloprid + 0.5 + 1 + 2 2.9 0.4 carpropamid Compound 131 + imidacloprid + 0.5 + 1 + 2 3.2 0.3 carpropamid Compound 19 0.5 38.9 8.3 Compound 20 0.5 37.4 8.1 Compound 39 0.5 38.9 8.2 Compound 40 0.5 39.0 7.9 Compound 41 0.5 43.2 8.5 Compound 42 0.5 39.5 8.3 Compound 43 0.5 44.3 8.9 Compound 44 0.5 45.9 9.1 Compound 45 0.5 38.8 8.2 Compound 46 0.5 42.7 8.5 Compound 47 0.5 40.9 7.8 Compound 48 0.5 39.8 7.4 Compound 54 0.5 41.7 9.0 Compound 129 0.5 40.3 9.1 Compound 130 0.5 39.0 8.3 Compound 131 0.5 41.2 8.3 imidacloprid + carpropamid 1 + 2 5.8 1.2 Untreated plot — 45.6 8.2

Test Example 7 Test for the Control of Small Brown Planthopper (Laodelphax striatellus) and Rice Leafroller (Cnaphalocrosis medinalis) on Paddyfield Rice Plant by Nursery Box Application

Fifty grams of a granular preparation was applied to rice plant (variety: Nihombare) cultured in a nursery box, after which the rice plant was transplanted to the main paddy field (in the middle of May). The controlling effect against small brown planthopper was evaluated by investigating the number of parasitic insects on 30 hills per each plot, 40 days and 60 days after the transplantation. The controlling effect against rice leafroller was evaluated by investigating the number of injured leaves on 100 hills per each plot, 50 days after the transplantation.

The results are shown in Table 8.

TABLE 8 Number of parasitic planthoppers per 30 hills Percentage of Dosage (g ai/ After After injured leaves (%) Test agent Box) 40 days 60 days After 50 days Compound 19 + imidacloprid 0.5 + 1 0 4 0.03 + benfuracarb 0.5 + 2.5 17 48 0.07 Compound 20 + imidacloprid 0.5 + 1 0 7 0.05 + benfuracarb 0.5 + 2.5 22 55 0.08 Compound 39 + imidacloprid 0.5 + 1 0 9 0.04 + benfuracarb 0.5 + 2.5 24 45 0.07 Compound 40 + imidacloprid 0.5 + 1 0 10 0.02 + benfuracarb 0.5 + 2.5 17 54 0.08 Compound 41 + imidacloprid 0.5 + 1 0 6 0.04 + benfuracarb 0.5 + 2.5 33 34 0.06 Compound 42 + imidacloprid 0.5 + 1 0 7 0.03 + benfuracarb 0.5 + 2.5 31 65 0.08 Compound 43 + imidacloprid 0.5 + 1 0 9 0.02 + benfuracarb 0.5 + 2.5 14 33 0.06 Compound 44 + imidacloprid 0.5 + 1 0 3 0.03 + benfuracarb 0.5 + 2.5 18 53 0.08 Compound 45 + imidacloprid 0.5 + 1 0 4 0.02 + benfuracarb 0.5 + 2.5 25 23 0.08 Compound 46 + imidacloprid 0.5 + 1 0 7 0.05 + benfuracarb 0.5 + 2.5 13 54 0.09 Compound 47 + imidacloprid 0.5 + 1 0 7 0.04 + benfuracarb 0.5 + 2.5 16 36 0.08 Compound 48 + imidacloprid 0.5 + 1 0 6 0.03 + benfuracarb 0.5 + 2.5 33 28 0.08 Compound 54 + imidacloprid 0.5 + 1 0 9 0.02 + benfuracarb 0.5 + 2.5 31 45 0.07 Compound 129 + imidacloprid 0.5 + 1 0 7 0.04 + benfuracarb 0.5 + 2.5 15 57 0.08 Compound 130 + imidacloprid 0.5 + 1 0 6 0.06 + benfuracarb 0.5 + 2.5 18 61 0.09 Compound 131 + imidacloprid 0.5 + 1 0 8 0.05 + benfuracarb 0.5 + 2.5 20 49 0.08 Compound 19 0.5 325 389 0.16 Compound 20 0.5 315 354 0.15 Compound 39 0.5 343 372 0.25 Compound 40 0.5 322 358 0.33 Compound 41 0.5 333 385 0.35 Compound 42 0.5 345 389 0.22 Compound 43 0.5 309 334 0.17 Compound 44 0.5 323 358 0.24 Compound 45 0.5 353 395 0.13 Compound 46 0.5 349 387 0.18 Compound 47 0.5 328 365 0.11 Compound 48 0.5 345 383 0.33 Compound 54 0.5 328 334 0.25 Compound 129 0.5 323 390 0.13 Compound 130 0.5 331 382 0.16 Compound 131 0.5 342 391 0.14 imidacloprid 1 0 29 1.63 benfuracarb 2.5 78 244 1.13 Untreated plot — 355 388 1.54

Test Example 8 Test for the Control of Diamondback Moth (Plutella xyloxtella) and Aphid on Cabbage by Soil Treatment

A granular preparation was mixed into bed soil, and the mixture was filled into a cell seedling box and sown with seeds of cabbage (variety: YR Seitoku). Otherwise, cell seedling planted cabbage was treated with the granular agent either by a treatment in the foliage leaf extraction period, or by a pre-transplanting treatment, or by a pricking-in hole treatment, or by a plant foot treatment after the planting. Twenty one days after the transplanting (in the middle of June), the number of parasitic insects was counted on 30 hills in the case of diamondback moth and on 10 hills in the case of aphid.

The results are shown in Table 9.

TABLE 9 Number of parasitic insects per 30 hills Dosage (mg Diamond- ai/ Method of back Test agent hill) treatment moth Aphid Compound 19 + imidacloprid 5 + 20 pre- 0 0 transplanting treatment 5 + 20 pricking-in 0 0 hole treatment 5 + 20 plant foot 0 0 treatment Compound 20 + imidacloprid 5 + 20 pre- 0 0 transplanting treatment 5 + 20 pricking-in 0 0 hole treatment 5 + 20 plant foot 0 0 treatment Compound 39 + imidacloprid 5 + 20 pre- 0 0 transplanting treatment 5 + 20 pricking-in 0 0 hole treatment 5 + 20 plant foot 0 0 treatment Compound 40 + imidacloprid 5 + 20 pre- 0 0 transplanting treatment 5 + 20 pricking-in 0 0 hole treatment 5 + 20 plant foot 0 0 treatment Compound 41 + imidacloprid 5 + 20 pre- 0 0 transplanting treatment 5 + 20 pricking-in 0 0 hole treatment 5 + 20 plant foot 0 0 treatment Compound 42 + imidacloprid 5 + 20 pre- 0 0 transplanting treatment 5 + 20 pricking-in 0 0 hole treatment 5 + 20 plant foot 0 0 treatment Compound 43 + imidacloprid 5 + 20 pre- 0 0 transplanting treatment 5 + 20 pricking-in 0 0 hole treatment 5 + 20 plant foot 0 0 treatment Compound 44 + imidacloprid 5 + 20 pre- 0 0 transplanting treatment 5 + 20 pricking-in 0 0 hole treatment 5 + 20 plant foot 0 0 treatment Compound 45 + imidacloprid 5 + 20 pre- 0 0 transplanting treatment 5 + 20 pricking-in 0 0 hole treatment 5 + 20 plant foot 0 0 treatment Compound 46 + imidacloprid 5 + 20 pre- 0 0 transplanting treatment 5 + 20 pricking-in 0 0 hole treatment 5 + 20 plant foot 0 0 treatment Compound 47 + imidacloprid 5 + 20 pre- 0 0 transplanting treatment 5 + 20 pricking-in 0 0 hole treatment 5 + 20 plant foot 0 0 treatment Compound 48 + imidacloprid 5 + 20 pre- 0 0 transplanting treatment 5 + 20 pricking-in 0 0 hole treatment 5 + 20 plant foot 0 0 treatment Compound 54 + imidacloprid 5 + 20 pre- 0 0 transplanting treatment 5 + 20 pricking-in 0 0 hole treatment 5 + 20 plant foot 0 0 treatment Compound 129 + imidacloprid 5 + 20 pre- 0 0 transplanting treatment 5 + 20 pricking-in 0 0 hole treatment 5 + 20 plant foot 0 0 treatment Compound 130 + imidacloprid 5 + 20 pre- 0 0 transplanting treatment 5 + 20 pricking-in 0 0 hole treatment 5 + 20 plant foot 0 0 treatment Compound 131 + imidacloprid 5 + 20 pre- 0 0 transplanting treatment 5 + 20 pricking-in 0 0 hole treatment 5 + 20 plant foot 0 0 treatment Compound 5 soil 1 445 19 incorporation 5 true leaf 2 457 extraction season treatment 5 pre- 1 399 transplanting treatment 5 pricking-in 1 467 hole treatment 5 plant foot 2 489 treatment Compound 5 soil 4 512 20 incorporation 5 true leaf 2 498 extraction season treatment 5 pre- 6 478 transplanting treatment 5 pricking-in 3 499 hole treatment 5 plant foot 5 501 treatment Compound 5 soil 3 513 39 incorporation 5 true leaf 2 487 extraction season treatment 5 pre- 4 457 transplanting treatment 5 pricking-in 3 437 hole treatment 5 plant foot 2 456 treatment Compound 40 5 soil 2 472 incorporation 5 true leaf 1 510 extraction season treatment 5 pre- 1 477 transplanting treatment 5 pricking-in 1 486 hole treatment 5 plant foot 3 478 treatment Compound 41 5 soil 3 457 incorporation 5 true leaf 2 495 extraction season treatment 5 pre- 1 458 transplanting treatment 5 pricking-in 2 511 hole treatment 5 plant foot 2 456 treatment Compound 42 5 soil 3 475 incorporation 5 true leaf 2 485 extraction season treatment 5 pre- 3 435 transplanting treatment 5 pricking-in 1 473 hole treatment 5 plant foot 3 498 treatment Compound 43 5 soil 2 501 incorporation 5 true leaf 2 448 extraction season treatment 5 pre- 3 482 transplanting treatment 5 pricking-in 1 447 hole treatment 5 plant foot 2 467 treatment Compound 44 5 soil 3 449 incorporation 5 true leaf 2 502 extraction season treatment 5 pre- 3 498 transplanting treatment 5 pricking-in 3 478 hole treatment 5 plant foot 2 492 treatment Compound 45 5 soil 2 472 incorporation 5 true leaf 2 463 extraction season treatment 5 pre- 1 472 transplanting treatment 5 pricking-in 5 465 hole treatment 5 plant foot 4 489 treatment Compound 46 5 soil 1 505 incorporation 5 true leaf 3 498 extraction season treatment 5 pre- 1 479 transplanting treatment 5 pricking-in 3 447 hole treatment 5 plant foot 2 469 treatment Compound 47 5 soil 3 438 incorporation 5 true leaf 2 499 extraction season treatment 5 pre- 4 452 transplanting treatment 5 pricking-in 1 477 hole treatment 5 plant foot 2 511 treatment Compound 48 5 soil 5 502 incorporation 5 true leaf 2 442 extraction season treatment 5 pre- 5 476 transplanting treatment 5 pricking-in 1 492 hole treatment 5 plant foot 4 456 treatment Compound 54 5 soil 1 478 incorporation 5 true leaf 3 459 extraction season treatment 5 pre- 1 487 transplanting treatment 5 pricking-in 3 499 hole treatment 5 plant foot 2 463 treatment Compound 129 5 soil 2 455 incorporation 5 true leaf 1 458 extraction season treatment 5 pre- 2 402 transplanting treatment 5 pricking-in 3 397 hole treatment 5 plant foot 1 481 treatment Compound 130 5 soil 1 453 incorporation 5 true leaf 1 399 extraction season treatment 5 pre- 1 421 transplanting treatment 5 pricking-in 2 467 hole treatment 5 plant foot 1 498 treatment Compound 131 5 soil 1 432 incorporation 5 true leaf 1 465 extraction season treatment 5 pre- 2 428 transplanting treatment 5 pricking-in 2 391 hole treatment 5 plant foot 1 486 treatment imidacloprid 20  pre- 35 10 transplanting treatment 20  picking-in 40 16 hole treatment 20  plant foot 38 13 treatment Untreated plot — 41 479 Note: The effect in soil incorporation and true leaf extraction season treatment could not be evaluated due to phytotoxicity, in cases of a single use of imidacloprid and a mixed use of imidacloprid.

Test Example 9 Test for the Effect Against Cutworm on Beet

Beet seedlings (variety: Monoace S) planted in a paper pot was treated with 3 L/m² of a solution of an agent diluted to a predetermined concentration, by the method of drench. Just after the drench, the plant was set. Predetermined days after the setting, the number of injured hills per 100 hills was counted. The test was carried out with two replications, 80 m² per one plot.

The results are shown in Table 10.

TABLE 10 Number of injured hills per 100 hills Dosage After 60 After 90 After 120 Test agent (g ai/10a) days days days Compound 19 + acephate 15 + 50 0 3 11 Compound 20 + acephate 15 + 50 0 4 10 Compound 39 + acephate 15 + 50 0 2 8 Compound 40 + acephate 15 + 50 0 1 7 Compound 41 + acephate 15 + 50 0 5 9 Compound 42 + acephate 15 + 50 0 4 10 Compound 43 + acephate 15 + 50 0 2 6 Compound 44 + acephate 15 + 50 0 3 8 Compound 45 + acephate 15 + 50 0 1 5 Compound 46 + acephate 15 + 50 0 4 11 Compound 47 + acephate 15 + 50 0 5 12 Compound 48 + acephate 15 + 50 0 2 5 Compound 54 + acephate 15 + 50 0 2 6 Compound 129 + acephate 15 + 50 0 3 14 Compound 130 + acephate 15 + 50 0 2 9 Compound 131 + acephate 15 + 50 0 5 12 Compound 19 15 0 8 21 Compound 20 15 0 7 20 Compound 39 15 0 6 17 Compound 40 15 0 9 23 Compound 41 15 0 7 21 Compound 42 15 0 8 22 Compound 43 15 0 6 19 Compound 44 15 0 7 20 Compound 45 15 0 9 23 Compound 46 15 0 8 20 Compound 47 15 0 9 21 Compound 48 15 0 7 18 Compound 54 15 0 8 19 Compound 129 15 0 10 22 Compound 130 15 0 7 19 Compound 131 15 0 8 21 acephate 50 2 14 24 Untreated plot — 6 26 30

Test Example 10 Test for the Control of Citrus Yellow Thrips (Frankliniella occidentalis) on Egg Plant by the Combined Use with Natural Enemy Pesticide

An agent solution diluted to a predetermined concentration was sprayed by means of a shouldered spraying machine to citrus yellow thrips (Frankliniella occidentalis) parasitic on egg-plant (variety: Senryo No. 2) in a vinyl house. After air-dryness, 100 heads per hill of Amblyseius cucumeris were let inoculate. Fourteen days, twenty one days and twenty eight days after the treatment, the numbers of citrus yellow thrips and Amblyseius cucumeris were counted on twenty leaves showing a most serious injury (the first ten days of June).

The results are shown in Table 11.

TABLE 11 Number of parasitic Amount insects per 20 applied leaves (ppm or After adults After 14 After 21 28 Test agent number) days days days Compound 19 + Amblyseius 100 ppm + 100 2 0 3 cucumeris adults/hill Compound 20 + Amblyseius 100 ppm + 100 3 0 2 cucumeris adults/hill Compound 39 + Amblyseius 100 ppm + 100 1 0 1 cucumeris adults/hill Compound 40 + Amblyseius 100 ppm + 100 4 0 4 cucumeris adults/hill Compound 41 + Amblyseius 100 ppm + 100 5 1 6 cucumeris adults/hill Compound 42 + Amblyseius 100 ppm + 100 3 0 4 cucumeris adults/hill Compound 43 + Amblyseius 100 ppm + 100 1 0 2 cucumeris adults/hill Compound 44 + Amblyseius 100 ppm + 100 1 0 1 cucumeris adults/hill Compound 45 + Amblyseius 100 ppm + 100 2 0 4 cucumeris adults/hill Compound 46 + Amblyseius 100 ppm + 100 4 1 6 cucumeris adults/hill Compound 47 + Amblyseius 100 ppm + 100 1 0 2 cucumeris adults/hill Compound 48 + Amblyseius 100 ppm + 100 3 1 5 cucumeris adults/hill Compound 54 + Amblyseius 100 ppm + 100 2 0 2 cucumeris adults/hill Compound 129 + Amblyseius 100 ppm + 100 2 0 3 cucumeris adults/hill Compound 130 + Amblyseius 100 ppm + 100 4 0 2 cucumeris adults/hill Compound 131 + Amblyseius 100 ppm + 100 3 0 4 cucumeris adults/hill Compound 19 100 ppm 20 27 55 Compound 20 100 ppm 21 28 49 Compound 39 100 ppm 19 32 58 Compound 40 100 ppm 22 31 52 Compound 41 100 ppm 18 29 59 Compound 42 100 ppm 19 25 50 Compound 43 100 ppm 23 31 57 Compound 44 100 ppm 25 33 53 Compound 45 100 ppm 18 29 59 Compound 46 100 ppm 20 34 57 Compound 47 100 ppm 21 27 52 Compound 48 100 ppm 19 31 59 Compound 54 100 ppm 18 25 61 Compound 129 100 ppm 19 29 51 Compound 130 100 ppm 21 28 50 Compound 131 100 ppm 23 30 54 Amblyseius cucumeris 100 8 5 15 adults/hill Untreated plot — 22 32 58

Test Example 11 Test for the Control of Rice Leafroller (Cnaphalocrocis medinalis), Rice Blast, Barnyard Grass (Echinochloa crus-galli) and Bulrush (Scirpus juncoides Roxb.) on Paddyfield Rice Plant by Submerged Application to Main Paddyfield

Ten days after the transplantation (in the middle ten days of May), a granular preparation was applied to water surface of main paddyfield. The controlling effect on rice leafroller was evaluated by counting the injured leaves on each plot (100 hills) 50 days after the transplantation, and calculating the percentage of injured leaves therefrom. The effect against rice blast was evaluated by measuring the areal rate of disease spot 60 days after the transplantation. The effects against barnyard grass and bulrush were evaluated by measuring the herbicidal effect by the naked eye four weeks after the treatment and expressing the result by numerically (0 means “no effect”, and 10 means “complete withering”). At the same time, the chemical injury on rice plant was also evaluated (0 means “no influence”).

The results are shown in Table 12.

TABLE 12 Percentage Areal of rate Herbicidal injured of disease effect leaves spot barn- Test agent (%) (%) yard ful- Phytotoxicity Dosage (g ai/10a) After 50 days After 60 days grass rush rice Compound 129 + pyroquilon + bensulfron-methyl + indanofan 0.13 0.5 10 10 0 10.0 + 150.0 + 5.0 + 15.0 Compound 129 + fenoxanyl + bensulfron-methyl + indanofan 0.12 0.4 10 10 0 10.0 + 250.0 + 5.0 + 15.0 Compound 130 + pyroquilon + bensulfron-methyl + indanofan 0.11 0.3 10 10 0 10.0 + 150.0 + 5.0 + 15.0 Compound 130 + fenoxanyl + bensulfron-methyl + indanofan 0.15 0.5 10 10 0 10.0 + 250.0 + 5.0 + 15.0 Compound 131 + pyroquilon + bensulfron-methyl + indanofan 0.13 0.3 10 10 0 10.0 + 150.0 + 5.0 + 15.0 Compound 131 + fenoxanyl + bensulfron-methyl + indanofan 0.14 0.4 10 10 0 10.0 + 250.0 + 5.0 + 15.0 Compound 129 10.0 0.15 8.1 0 0 0 Compound 130 10.0 0.13 7.9 0 0 0 Compound 131 10.0 0.16 8.3 0 0 0 pyroquilon + bensulfron-methyl + indanofan 1.56 0.6 10 10 0 250.0 + 5.0 + 15.0 fenoxanyl + bensulfron-methyl + indanofan 1.63 0.8 10 10 0 250.0 + 5.0 + 15.0 Untreated plot — 1.66 8.2 0 0 0 

1. A composition for noxious organisms-controlling agent comprising, as active ingredients thereof, one or more compounds selected from phthalamide derivatives represented by formula (I):

wherein R¹ represents a hydrogen atom, R² represents a C₁-C₆ alkyl group, a C₁-C₆ alkylthio C₁-C₆ alkyl group, a C₁-C₆ alkylsulfinyl C₁-C₆ alkyl group or a C₁-C₆ alkylsulfonyl C₁-C₆ alkyl group, R³ represents a hydrogen atom, X represents a halogen atom, n represents 1, each of Z¹ and Z² represents an oxygen atom, Y may be the same or different and represents a halogen atom, a C₁-C₆ alkyl group, a halo C₁-C₆ alkyl group or a halo C₁-C₆ alkoxy group, and m represents 2 or 3 and imidacloprid.
 2. A composition for noxious organisms-controlling agent according to claim 1, wherein the phthalamide derivative represented by formula (I) is N²-(1,1-dimethyl-2-methylthioethyl)-3-iodo-N¹-{2-methyl-4-[1,2,2,2-tetrafluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)-ethyl]phenyl}phthalamide, N²-(1,1-dimethyl-2-methylsulfonylethyl)-3-iodo-N¹-{2-methyl-4-[1,2,2,2-tetrafluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl]-phenyl}-phthalamide or N²-(1,1-dimethyl-2-methylsulfinylethyl)-3-iodo-N¹-{2-methyl-4-[1,2,2,2-tetrafluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl]phenyl}phthalamide.
 3. A composition for noxious organisms-controlling agent according to claim 1, wherein the amount of said imidacloprid is 0.05 to 2,000 parts by weight per part by weight of the phthalamide derivative.
 4. A method for using a composition for noxious organisms-controlling agent characterized by treating an objective noxious organism, an objective useful plant, a seed of an objective useful plant, soil or a cultivation carrier with an effective amount of the composition for noxious organisms-controlling agent according to claim 1 for the purpose of protecting an useful plant from a noxious organism. 